Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity at three different genetic markers in a marine mammal metapopulation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2961-2978

  Hoffman, J I ^a   Dasmahapatra, K K ^b   Amos, W ^a   Phillips, C D ^c   Gelatt, T S ^d   Bickham, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); Conservation genetics; Demography; Eumetopias jubatus; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Pinniped; Steller's sea lion; Stock structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEAL;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA LIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67649661653     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04246.x     Document Type: Article

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