Resurrecting an extinct species: Archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1379-1385

  Hekkala, Evon R ^a,h   Saumure, Raymond A ^b   Jaeger, Jef R ^c   Herrmann, Hans Werner ^d,e   Sredl, Michael J ^f   Bradford, David F ^g   Drabeck, Danielle ^a   Blum, Michael J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Research Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival DNA; Conservation genetics; Museum specimens; Rana chiricahuensis; Rana fisheri; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSEUM; PHYLOGENETICS; REINTRODUCTION; TAXONOMY; TRANSLOCATION;

ARIZONA; MOGOLLON RIM; UNITED STATES;

ANURA; FELIDAE; LITHOBATES; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS; RANA FISHERI;

EID: 80052507400     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0229-6     Document Type: Review

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