Preliminary genetic status of the spotted seal Phoca largha in Liaodong Bay (China) based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses

Trends in Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Li, Xiang ^a   Tzika, Athanasia C ^b,c   Liu, Yingying ^d   van Doninck, Karine ^a   Zhu, Qian ^d,e   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b Sciences III   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

China; Conservation genetics; Liaodong bay; Phoca largha; Population genetics; Spotted seal

Indexed keywords

PHOCA; PHOCA LARGHA;

EID: 79960606591     PISSN: 20362641     EISSN: 2036265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/eb.2010.e6     Document Type: Article

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