Macrogeographic genetic variation in broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 628-636

  Villela, Priscilla Marqui Schmidt ^a   Coutinho, Luiz Lehmann ^a   Piña, Carlos Ignacio ^a,b   Verdade, Luciano M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas de Diamante   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 57749168327     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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