Testing for a historical population bottleneck in wild verreaux's sifaka (propithecus verreauxi verreauxi) using microsatellite data

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 990-994

  Lawler, Richard R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat disturbance; Heterozygosity; Madagascar; Paleodemography

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUTATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROZYGOTE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STREPSIRHINI;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS VERREAUXI VERREAUXI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 53549134701     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20579     Document Type: Article

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