Conservation genetic analysis of the Texas State Bison Herd

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 924-931

  Halbert, Natalie D ^a   Raudsepp, Terje ^a   Chowdhary, Bhanu P ^a   Derr, James N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Charles Goodnight; Conservation genetics; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; UNGULATE;

CAPROCK CANYONS STATE PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON BISON;

EID: 7444259462     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BER-029     Document Type: Article

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