Lack of genetic differentiation between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3433-3444

  Lyons, Justine I ^a   Pierce, Amanda A ^a   Barribeau, Seth M ^b   Sternberg, Eleanore D ^a   Mongue, Andrew J ^a   De Roode, Jacobus C ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Columbus hypothesis; conservation; gene flow; microsatellite; migration; monarch butterfly

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEXICO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAWAII; MEXICO; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84863726087     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05613.x     Document Type: Article

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