Identification of endangered Hawaiian ducks (Anas wyvilliana), introduced North American mallards (A. platyrhynchos) and their hybrids using multilocus genotypes

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1747-1758

  Fowler, Ada C ^a,b   Eadie, John M ^a   Engilis Jr , Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas wyvilliana; Asymmetric introgression; Genetic divergence; Hawaiian ducks; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS WYVILLIANA;

EID: 71349083290     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9778-8     Document Type: Article

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