Genetic variation in island populations of tuatara (Sphenodon spp) inferred from microsatellite markers

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-318

  MacAvoy, Elizabeth S ^a   McGibbon, Lorna M ^b   Sainsbury, James P ^a   Lawrence, Hayley ^c   Wilson, Carol A ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a   Chambers, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Population structure; Sphenodon spp; Tuatara populations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOZYME; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TETRAPOD;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; COOK STRAIT; HAURAKI GULF; LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH BROTHER ISLAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS;

EID: 33847673655     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9170-5     Document Type: Article

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