Genetic structure and conservation of mountain lions in the South-Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Castilho, Camila S ^a,b   Marins Sá, Luiz G ^b   Benedet, Rodrigo C ^c   Freitas, Thales R O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Serrano de Conservação da Natureza   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Atlantic rain forest; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; BRAZIL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARAUCARIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84858239485     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572011005000062     Document Type: Article

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