Genetic effects of a persistent bottleneck on a natural population of ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-437

  Kuo, Chih Horng ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation genetics; genetic diversity; microsatellite; population bottleneck; Terrapene ornata

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4544367245     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000041020.54140.45     Document Type: Article

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