Genetic assessment of the Arabian oryx founder population in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: An example of evaluating unmanaged captive stocks for reintroduction

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-88

  Alqamy, Husam El ^a   Senn, Helen ^b   Roberts, Mary Francis ^b   McEwing, Ross ^b   Ogden, Rob ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Conservation genetics; DNA; Founder effect; Ungulate; World herd

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUMINANT; TRANSLOCATION; WILD POPULATION;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANIMALIA; ORYX DAMMAH; ORYX LEUCORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 84856230860     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0264-3     Document Type: Article

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