Population genetic structure of aldabra giant tortoises

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-37

  Balmer, Oliver ^a   Ciofi, Claudio ^a   Galbraith, David A ^a   Swingland, Ian R ^a   Zug, George R ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aldabrachelys; islands; microsatellites; mitochondrial DNA; population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURTLES;

ALDABRACHELYS; ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 78149478173     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq096     Document Type: Article

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