Conservation genetics of the east Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Michoacan, Mexico

Genetica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-206

  Chassin Noria, Omar ^a   Abreu Grobois, Alberto ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^b   Oyama, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

black turtle; Chelonia mydas; east Pacific green turtle; effective population size; genetic diversity; genetic structure; microsatellites; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION GENETICS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4544317983     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000040394.47843.e4     Document Type: Article

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