Population structure of the giant garter snake, Thamnophis gigas

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Paquin, Melanie M ^a,c   Wylie, G D ^b   Routman, E J ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Management unit; Microsatellite; mtDNA; Thamnophis gigas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SNAKE;

THAMNOPHIS GIGAS;

EID: 33644550918     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-7439-8     Document Type: Article

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