Fine-scale population structure in a desert amphibian: Landscape genetics of the black toad (Bufo exsul)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3847-3856

  Wang, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Dispersal; Effective population size; Gene flow; Microsatellite; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TOAD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO EXSUL;

EID: 70349089195     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04338.x     Document Type: Article

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