Cross-species genetic markers: A useful tool to study the world's most threatened wild equid-Equus africanus

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 609-613

  Rosenbom, Sónia ^a   Costa, Vânia ^a   Steck, Beatrice ^b   Moehlman, Patricia ^c   Beja Pereira, Albano ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b Zoo Basel Postfach   (Switzerland)

^c IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African wild ass; Conservation; Cross species markers; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84861759529     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0578-y     Document Type: Article

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