Reduced MHC class II diversity in island compared to mainland populations of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-103

  Mason, Robert A B ^a,b   Browning, Teena L ^a,b   Eldridge, Mark D B ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

DAB exon 2; Fitness related genetic diversity; Gene copy number; Peptide binding region; Rock wallaby; Wildlife translocation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; ISLAND; MARSUPIAL; PEPTIDE; POPULATION DECLINE; SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; PETROGALE; PETROGALE LATERALIS; PETROGALE LATERALIS LATERALIS;

EID: 78650997373     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-009-9993-y     Document Type: Article

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