Evaluating ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) from southwestern Madagascar for a genetic population bottleneck

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Parga, Joyce A ^a   Sauther, Michelle L ^b   Cuozzo, Frank P ^c   Jacky, Ibrahim Antho Youssouf ^d   Lawler, Richard R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

^e JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beza Mahafaly; M ratio; microsatellites; mutation models; Tsimanampetsotsa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MUTATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 83655201247     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21603     Document Type: Article

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