Mitochondrial DNA variation and population structure of the Critically Endangered saiga antelope Saiga tatarica

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Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Kholodova, M V ^a,h   Milner Gulland, E J ^b   Easton, A J ^c   Amgalan, L ^d   Arylov, Iu A ^e   Bekenov, A ^f   Grachev, Iu A ^f   Lushchekina, A A ^a   Ryder, O ^g,i  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^e Centre for the Study and Conservation of Wild Animals of Kalmykia   (Russian Federation)

^f Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^h AN Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution's Molecular Diagnostics Centre

ⁱ Department of Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Genetic diversity; Kalmykia; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Saiga tatarica

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KALMYKIA; KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WEST ASIA;

SAIGA; SAIGA TATARICA;

EID: 33644966961     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000135     Document Type: Article

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