Pedigrees and microsatellites among endangered ungulates: What do they tell us?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1352-1364

  Ruiz LÓpez, María José ^a   RoldÁn, Eduardo R S ^a,c   Espeso, Gerardo ^b   Gomendio, Montserrat ^a,d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Inbreeding; Microsatellite; Pedigree

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GAZELLA; GAZELLA CUVIERI; GAZELLA DAMA MHORR; GAZELLA DORCAS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 62849092185     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04121.x     Document Type: Article

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