Pattern of genetic variation of bottlenose dolphins in Chinese waters

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-164

  Yang, Guang ^a   Ji, Guoqing ^a   Ren, Wenhua ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Wei, Fuwen ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Chinese waters; Conservation; Mitochondrial control region; Tursiops; Variability

Indexed keywords

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 49749093055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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