Mitochondrial DNA analyses of the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) from the Northern Territory of Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-25

  Luck, Naomi L ^a   Thomas, Kristen C ^a   Morin Adeline, Victoria E ^a   Barwick, Sophie ^a   Chong, Amanda Y ^a   Carpenter, Eliza L ^a   Wan, Linxiao ^a   Willet, Cali E ^a   Langford Salisbury, Shannan M ^a   Abdelsayd, Mary ^a   Ang, Rachel A ^a   Atkinson, Sarah J ^a   Barcelo, Fabian G ^a   Booth, Melanie E ^a   Bradbury, Emma J ^a   Branighan, Thomas L ^a   Brown, Jennifer ^a   Castillo, Lesley E ^a   Chandler, Nichola D ^a   Chong, Josephine Y ^a   Collits, Kimberly J ^a   Cook, Emma ^a   Cruz, Rachel E ^a   Farrugia, Claire A ^a   Fletcher, Jessica L ^a   Fletcher, Sophie ^a   Gamaliel, Nicole S ^a   Gurr, Jessica F ^a   Hallett, Nathan J ^a   Hargreaves, Grace ^a   Harris, Teresa ^a   Hollings, Samantha ^a   Hopcroft, Ryan L ^a   Johinke, Danielle ^a   Kern, Pippa L ^a   Kiddell, Jane L ^a   Kilby, Kristen E ^a   Kragic, Borjana ^a   Kwan, Jacqueline H ^a   Lee, Joseph I ^a   Liang, Jennifer M ^a   Lillie, Mette C ^a   Lui, Belle C ^a   Luk, Sharon W ^a   Lun, Kwok H ^a   Marshall, Kate L ^a   Marzec, Jolanta A ^a   Masters, Kellie T ^a   Mazurkijevic, Laura J ^a   Medlock, Jeremy ^a   Meoli, Christopher ^a   Morris, Katrina M ^a   Noh, Yvonne H ^a   Okazaki, Hana ^a   Orourke, Tamara J ^a   Payne, Elyssa M ^a   Powell, Dean J ^a   Quinlivan, Antonia R ^a   Reeves, Thomas J ^a   Robson, Kate ^a   Robson, Kate L ^a   Royle, Leah J ^a   Stevenson, Ryan ^a   Sellens, Teigan ^a   Sun, Zichen ^a   Sutton, Amanda L ^a   Swan, Amelia ^a   Tang, Jason M ^a   Tinker, Jarrod E ^a   Tomlinson, Suzanne C ^a   Wilkin, Tessa ^a   Wright, Amanda L ^a   Xiao, Sam T ^a   Yang, Jessica ^a   Yee, Christine ^a   Jaratlerdsiri, Weerachai ^a   Isberg, Sally R ^a,b   Miles, Lee ^a   Higgins, Damien ^a   Lane, Amanda ^a   Gongora, Jaime ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Porosus Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

control region; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANCHING; RIVER BASIN; SALT WATER; SKIN;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84865037790     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO12008     Document Type: Article

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