Genetic assessment of the Iberian wolf Canis lupus signatus captive breeding program

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 861-878

  Ramirez, Oscar ^a   Altet, Laura ^a   Enseñat, Conrad ^b   Vilà, Carles ^c   Sanchez, Armand ^a   Ruiz, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Parc Zoològic de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Dog; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; REINTRODUCTION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33750941555     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9123-z     Document Type: Article

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