Comparative population genetics of mimetic Heliconius butterflies in an endangered habitat; Brazil's Atlantic Forest

BMC Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Albuquerque de Moura, Priscila ^a   Quek, Swee Peck ^b   Cardoso, Márcio Z ^a   Kronforst, Marcus R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORELIMB; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; HABITAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HELICONIUS; HOME RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; TREE;

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS MELPOMENE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BUTTERFLIES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; TREES;

EID: 78651547683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-9     Document Type: Article

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