Ventral coloration differentiation and mitochondrial sequences of the Chinese Cobra (Naja atra) in Taiwan

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1089-1097

  Lin, Hua Ching ^a,b   Li, Shou Hsien ^a   Fong, Jonathan ^c   Lin, Si Min ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Zoo   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cobra; Coloration; Conservation genetics; ESU; Mitochondrial; Naja atra

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; REINTRODUCTION; SNAKE; VENOM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

NAJA ATRA; SERPENTES;

EID: 50249123933     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9418-8     Document Type: Article

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