Population genetic analysis of Caiman crocodilus (Linnaeus, 1758) from South America

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-230

  Vasconcelos, William R ^a   Hrbek, Tomas ^a,b   Da Silveira, Ronis ^a   de Thoisy, Benoit ^c   Marioni, Boris ^d   Farias, Izeni P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Association Kwata   (French Guiana)

^d Instituto Piagacu   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caiman crocodilus; Cytochrome b; Demographic expansion; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FRENCH GUIANA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOME RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RECOVERY; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAIMAN CROCODILUS;

EID: 33745484924     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000200006     Document Type: Article

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