Genetic identity of endangered massasauga rattlesnakes (Sistrurus sp.) in Missouri

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 433-439

  Gibbs, H Lisle ^a   Murphy, Michael ^a   Chiucchi, James E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster and phylogenetic analyses; Genetic identity; Massasauga rattlesnakes; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Putative hybrids

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; SNAKE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ILLINOIS; KANSAS; MISSOURI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS CATENATUS; SISTRURUS CATENATUS TERGEMINUS;

EID: 79952707413     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0151-3     Document Type: Article

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