Microsatellite variability reveals the necessity for genetic input from wild giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) into the captive population

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1061-1070

  Shen, Fujun ^a,b   Zhang, Zhihe ^b   He, Wei ^a   Yue, Bisong ^a   Zhang, Anju ^b   Zhang, Liang ^b   Hou, Rong ^b   Wang, Chengdong ^b   Watanabe, Toshi ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU RESEARCH BASE OF GIANT PANDA BREEDING   (China)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Differentiation; Genetic variation; Giant panda; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BREEDING; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BREEDING; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 61649098005     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04086.x     Document Type: Article

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