Contrasting historical and recent gene flow among African buffalo herds in the caprivi strip of Namibia

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-181

  Epps, Clinton W ^a   Castillo, Jessica A ^a   Schmidt Küntzel, Anne ^b   Du Preez, Pierre ^c   Stuart Hill, Greg ^d   Jago, Mark ^c   Naidoo, Robin ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND   (Namibia)

^c Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^d WWF in Namibia   (Namibia)

^e Conservation Science Program WWF ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

African buffalo; connectivity; dispersal; gene flow; microsatellite; Namibia

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BUFFALO; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84874378802     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess142     Document Type: Article

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