Genetic structure in Brazilian breeding colonies of the Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja, Aves: Threskiornithidae)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 338-347

  Mino C I ^a   Del Lama, S N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic variability; Microsatellites; Nuclear molecular markers; Population structure; Wading bird

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREEDING LINE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; WADER;

AJAIA AJAJA; AVES; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 34548279010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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