Conservation genetics of extremely isolated urban populations of the northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) in New York City

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Munshi South, Jason ^a,b   Zak, Yana ^a   Pehek, Ellen ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c New York City Department of Parks and Recreation   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Genetic variation; Microsatellite; Plethodontidae; Stream salamander; Urban ecology; Urban evolutionary biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAMANDER; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84877124675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.64     Document Type: Article

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