Identification of conservation units in the European Mergus merganser based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Hefti Gautschi, Barbara ^a,b   Pfunder, Monika ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^c   Keller, Verena ^c   Ellegren, Hans ^b  

^a ECOGENICS GMBH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Female philopatry; Microsatellite; mtDNA; Population structure; SNP

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES; WATERFOWL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

MERGUS MERGANSER;

EID: 58149477213     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9528-y     Document Type: Article

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