Genetic analysis suggests high conservation value of peripheral populations of Chihuahau chub (Gila nigrescens)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1317-1328

  Osborne, Megan ^a   Sharp, Alana ^a   Monzingo, Jerry ^b   Propst, David L ^a   Turner, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PERIPHERAL REGION;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

GILA NIGRESCENS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS;

EID: 84865443025     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0374-6     Document Type: Article

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