Saving feral horse populations: Does it really matter? A case study of wild horses from Doñana National Park in southern Spain

Animal Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Vega Pla, J L ^a   Calderon J ^b   Rodriguez Gallardo P P ^a   Martinez, A M ^c   Rico, C ^b  

^a Laboratorio de Genética Molecular   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochemical polymorphisms; Correspondence analysis; Genetic distance; Horse; Microsatellite; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CARBOXYLESTERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN; VARIATION (GENETICS); VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33751229282     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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