Genetic approaches refine ex situ lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) conservation

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 581-590

  Da Silva, Anders Gonalves ^a,b   Lalonde, Danielle R ^a   Quse, Viviana ^c   Shoemaker, Alan ^d   Russello, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission's Tapir Specialist Group   (Brazil)

^c IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group   (Argentina)

^d IUCN Tapir Specialist Group   (United States)

Author keywords

genetic variation; mean kinship; pedigree; relatedness; Tapirus; zoos

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HABITAT; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PERISSODACTYLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PERISSODACTYLA;

TAPIRUS; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 77954993212     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq055     Document Type: Article

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