mtDNA variation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting on Iranian Islands of the Persian Gulf

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1499-1503

  Tabib, M ^a   Zolgharnein, H ^a   Mohammadi, M ^a   Salari Aliabadi, M A ^a   Qasemi, A ^a   Roshani, S ^a   Rajabi Maham, H ^a   Frootan, F ^a  

^a KHORRAMSHAHR MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

D loop; Genetic diversity; Mitochondrial gene; Persian gulf; Phylogenetic analysis; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; IRAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80955168101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol10-3gmr1148     Document Type: Article

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