Estimating population structure under nonequilibrium conditions in a conservation context: Continent-wide population genetics of the giant Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis expansa (Chelonia; Podocnemididae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 985-1006

  Pearse, Devon E ^a,e   Arndt, Allan D ^b   Valenzuela, Nicole ^c   Miller, Becky A ^a   Cantarelli, Vitor ^d   Sites Jr , Jack W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Phylogeography; Podocnemis; Population genetics; South America

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SOUTH AMERICA; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DERMATEMYDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS; PODOCNEMIS EXPANSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33645038453     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02869.x     Document Type: Article

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