Population genetics of Mioscirtus wagneri, a grasshopper showing a highly fragmented distribution

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 472-483

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a   Aguirre, Maria Pilar ^b   Cordero, Pedro J ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Mioscirtus wagneri; Orthoptera; Population fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 74549163613     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04512.x     Document Type: Article

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