Possible conservation units of the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) in Sarawak based on variation of mtDNA control region

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Unuma, Manabu ^a,b   Suzuki, Masatsugu ^a   Ohtaishi, Noriyuki ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helarctos malayanus; Mitochondrial control region; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BEAR; BORNEO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; URSIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HELARCTOS MALAYANUS;

EID: 33846099686     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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