Population structure of an endemic vulnerable species, the Jamaican boa (Epicrates subflavus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 533-544

  Tzika, Athanasia C ^a   Koenig, Susan ^b   Miller, Ricardo ^c   Garcia, Gerardo ^d   Remy, Christophe ^e   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Windsor Research Centre   (Jamaica)

^c National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA)   (Jamaica)

^d DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Museum of Natural History and Vivarium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Epicrates subflavus; Jamaica; Jamaican Yellow Boa; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; JAMAICA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; JAMAICA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOIDAE; EPICRATES SUBFLAVUS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38149028999     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03588.x     Document Type: Article

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