High genetic differentiation among french populations of the orsini's viper (Vipera ursinii ursinii) based on mitochondrial and microsatellite data: Implications for conservation management

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-78

  Ferchaud, Anne Laure ^a   Lyet, Arnaud ^a   Cheylan, Marc ^a   Arnal, Véronique ^a   Baron, Jean Pierre ^a   Montgelard, Claudine ^a   Ursenbacher, Sylvain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

conservation; cytochrome b; genetic structure; microsatellites; snake; Vipera ursinii ursinii

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME B; MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MARKER GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FRANCE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIPERIDAE;

SERPENTES; VIPERA URSINII; VIPERINAE;

EID: 78650459897     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq098     Document Type: Article

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