Mitogenomic sequences better resolve stock structure of southern Greater Caribbean green turtle rookeries

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2330-2340

  Shamblin, Brian M ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^b   Bolten, Alan B ^b   Hillis Starr, Zandy M ^c   Lundgren, Ian ^c   Naro Maciel, Eugenia ^d   Nairn, Campbell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Buck Island Reef National Monument   (Virgin Islands (U.S.))

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Greater Caribbean; green turtle; haplotype; mitogenome; population structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84860531403     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05530.x     Document Type: Article

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