Microsatellite analysis of genetic diversity in the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) Changxing captive population

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 941-951

  Xu, Qianghua ^a,b   Fang, Shengguo ^a,b   Wang, Zhiping ^c   Wang, Zhenwei ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Changxing Nature Reserve and Breeding Research Center for Chinese Alligator   (China)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Ascertainment bias; Heterozygosity; Microsatellite evolution; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; REPTILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33344462417     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9081-x     Document Type: Article

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