Population genetics of Galápagos land iguana (genus Conolophus) remnant populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4943-4952

  Tzika, Athanasia C ^a,b   Rosa, Sabrina F P ^b   Fabiani, Anna ^c   Snell, Howard L ^d   Snell, Heidi M ^d   Marquez, Cruz ^e   Tapia, Washington ^f   Rassmann, Kornelia ^g   Gentile, Gabriele ^c   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a  

^a Sciences III   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^f Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^g Rf projektagentur ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Gal pagos land iguanas; Microsatellites; Population management; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; IGUANAS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; CONOLOPHUS; IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 56549110028     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03967.x     Document Type: Article

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