Molecular genetic analysis of a captive-breeding program: The vulnerable endemic Jamaican yellow boa

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Tzika, Athanasia C ^a   Remy, Christophe ^b   Gibson, Richard ^c,d   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Museum of Natural History and Vivarium   (Belgium)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boidae; Captive breeding; Conservation genetics; Epicrates; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RELATEDNESS; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ANIMALIA; BOIDAE; EPICRATES; EPICRATES SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 58149474536     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9519-z     Document Type: Article

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