Integrating individual behaviour and landscape genetics: The population structure of timber rattlesnake hibernacula

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 719-730

  Clark, Rulon W ^a,d   Brown, William S ^b   Stechert, Randy ^c   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Crotalus horridus; Gene flow; Mating dispersal; Microsatellites; Natal philopatry

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CROTALUS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CROTALUS HORRIDUS;

EID: 38349175009     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03594.x     Document Type: Article

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