The Zebra Finch genome and avian genomics in the wild

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^a   Edwards, Scott V ^b   Clayton, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENOME; NATIVE SPECIES; NEUROLOGY; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77955863832     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09087     Document Type: Review

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