Drawbacks with the use of microsatellites in phylogeography: The song sparrow Melospiza melodia as a case study

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Zink, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALLOZYME; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HEURISTICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; SONGBIRD;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 77649302399     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04903.x     Document Type: Article

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