Directional gene flow patterns in disjunct populations of the black ratsnake (Pantheropis obsoletus) and the Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-417

  Howes, Briar J ^a   Brown, Joseph W ^b   Gibbs, H Lisle ^c   Herman, Tom B ^d   Mockford, Stephen W ^d   Prior, Kent A ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^e  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black ratsnake; Blanding's turtle; Gene flow; Metapopulation; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COALESCENCE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC MARKER; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION; TURTLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 67349200808     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9607-0     Document Type: Article

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