Low genetic variability in the endangered Colombian endemic freshwater turtle Podocnemis lewyana (Testudines, Podocnemididae)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Vargas Ramírez, Mario ^a,b   Chiari, Ylenia ^c,d   Castaño Mora, Olga Victoria ^e   Menken, Steph B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Fundación Biodiversa Colombia FBC   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Genetic population structure; mtDNA; Podocnemis; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

PODOCNEMIDIDAE; PODOCNEMIS; PODOCNEMIS LEWYANA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34249773972     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07601001     Document Type: Article

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