Mitochondrial DNA variability in Giraffa camelopardalis: consequences for taxonomy, phylogeography and conservation of giraffes in West and central Africa

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-274

  Hassanin, Alexandre ^a,b   Ropiquet, Anne ^a,b   Gourmand, Anne Laure ^a,b   Chardonnet, Bertrand ^c   Rigoulet, Jacques ^b  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Direction de la Conservation de la Faune et des Aires Protegées   (Chad)

Author keywords

Conservation; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; HAPLOTYPE; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NIGER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; RUMINANTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; EAST AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE;

EID: 34047266419     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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