The genetics of amphibian declines: Population substructure and molecular differentiation in the Yosemite Toad, Bufo canorus (Anura, Bufonidae) based on single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) and mitochondrial DNA sequence data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 245-257

  Bradley Shaffer, H ^a   Fellers, Gary M ^b   Magee, Allison ^a   Randal Voss, S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo canorus; Bufonidae; Conservation genetics; Declining amphibian; DNA; Mitochondrial; SSCP

Indexed keywords

BUFO; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIANCE; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; MOVEMENT PATTERN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFONIDAE; CALIFORNIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO CANORUS; BUFO EXSUL; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 6744248897     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00835.x     Document Type: Article

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