A century of genetic change and metapopulation dynamics in the galápagos warbler finches (certhidea)

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3148-3161

  Farrington, Heather L ^a   Petren, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic monitoring; Museum specimens; Natural history collections; Population genetics; SSR

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EL NINO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING; MUSEUM; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FINCH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INFORMATION CENTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUSEUMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CERTHIDEA; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 80054956974     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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