Noninvasive estimation of minimum population sizes and variability of the major histocompatibility complex in the Andean Condor

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-478

  Alcaide, Miguel ^a,b   Cadahía, Luis ^a,c   Lambertucci, Sergio A ^d   Negro, Juan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adaptive variation; Andean condor; Cathartidae; Genetic assessment; Genetic monitoring; Immunogenetics; Major histocompatibility complex; Vultur gryphus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CATHARTIDAE; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 77956944282     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090203     Document Type: Article

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