Unexpected shallow genetic divergence in turks island boas (epicrates c. chrysogaster) reveals single evolutionarily significant unit for conservation

Herpetologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 477-486

  Reynolds, R Graham ^a   Gerber, Glenn P ^b   Fitzpatrick, Benjamin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boinae; Caribbean; Epicrates chrysogaster; Population structure; Snake; Turks and Caicos Islands; West Indies

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERAL ORGANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRION; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; SNAKE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

BOINAE; CHRYSOGASTER; EPICRATES; EPICRATES CHRYSOGASTER;

EID: 81255136473     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00014.1     Document Type: Article

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