Mitochondrial DNA sequence variability in red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa, Spanish populations and the origins of genetic contamination from A. chukar

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1223-1231

  Martínez Fresno, María ^a   Henriques Gil, Nuno ^a   Arana, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alectoris chukar; Alectoris rufa; Genetic variability; Introgression; Mitochondrial DNA; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SUBSPECIES; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES;

EID: 50249122252     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9449-1     Document Type: Article

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