Subspecies Genetic Assignments of Worldwide Captive Tigers Increase Conservation Value of Captive Populations

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 592-596

  Luo, Shu Jin ^a,b   Johnson, Warren E ^a   Martenson, Janice ^a   Antunes, Agostinho ^a,c   Martelli, Paolo ^d   Uphyrkina, Olga ^e   Traylor Holzer, Kathy ^f   Smith, James L D ^b   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Ocean Park Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^e Institute of Biology and Soil Science   (Russian Federation)

^f IUCN ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; TIGER; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TIGERS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 42149092623     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.053     Document Type: Article

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