Evidence of sex-biased dispersal in thermophis baileyi inferred from microsatellite markers

Herpetologica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 514-522

  Hofmann, Sylvia ^a   Fritzsche, Peter ^b   Solhoy, Torstein ^c   Dorge, Tsering ^d   Miehe, Georg ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male biased dispersal; Philopatry; Thermophis; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INBREEDING; PHILOPATRY; SEA LEVEL; SNAKE; THERMAL SPRING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BAILEYI; COLUBRIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870523672     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00017     Document Type: Article

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