Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2197-2209

  Jones, Menna E ^a,c   Paetkau, David ^a   Geffen, Eli ^b   Moritz, Craig ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Carnivore; Dispersal; Genetic diversity; Marsupial; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MARSUPIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TASMANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DASYURIDAE; LANIARIUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 3242688188     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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