Genetic structure among continental and island populations of gyrfalcons

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3145-3160

  Johnson, Jeff A ^a,b   Burnham, Kurt K ^a,c   Burnham, William A ^a   Mindell, David P ^b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Falco; Microsatellite DNA; Migration; mtDNA control region; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FALCONIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FALCONIFORMES; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; FALCO; FALCO CHERRUG; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 34547117398     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03373.x     Document Type: Article

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