Genetic differentiation between Príncipe Island and mainland populations of the grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), and implications for conservation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1673-1685

  Melo, Martim ^a,b   O'Ryan, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Gene duplication; Gulf of Guinea; Introgression; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Psittacus erithacus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PARROT; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; ERITHACUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS;

EID: 34047129706     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03128.x     Document Type: Article

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