Population genetic structure of wild and farmed rusa deer (Cervus timorensis russa) in New-Caledonia inferred from polymorphic microsatellite loci

Genetica

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-323

  de Garine Wichatitsky, M ^a,b   de Meeus T ^c   Chevillon, C ^c   Berthier, D ^a   Barre N ^a,b   Thevenon S ^a   Maillard, J C ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b IAC ^*  (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Cervus timorensis russa; Effective population size; Management; New Caledonia; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS TIMORENSIS;

EID: 70350708132     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-009-9395-6     Document Type: Article

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