Genetic Diversity in Endangered Guizhou Snub-Nosed Monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi): Contrasting Results from Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kolleck, Jakob ^a   Yang, Mouyu ^a,b   Zinner, Dietmar ^a   Roos, Christian ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLORHINI; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RHINOPITHECUS BRELICHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 84883207574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073647     Document Type: Article

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