Genetic diversity of North American captive-born gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-88

  Simons, Noah D ^a   Wagner, Ronald S ^a   Lorenz, Joseph G ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive populations; Conservation genetics; Gorilla; Microsatellite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886263766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.422     Document Type: Article

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