Habitat fragmentation affects genetic diversity and differentiation of the Yarkand hare

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-194

  Wu, Yonghua ^a   Xia, Lin ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Yang, Qisen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Control region; Cytb; Demographical expansion; Effective population size; Gene diversity

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAGOMORPH; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

CHINA; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

LEPUS YARKANDENSIS;

EID: 74749107684     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-0022-y     Document Type: Article

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