Mitochondrial DNA analyses show that Zambia's South Luangwa Valley giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) are genetically isolated

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 635-640

  Fennessy, Julian ^a   Bock, Friederike ^b   Tutchings, Andy ^a   Brenneman, Rick ^a,c   Janke, Axel ^b,d  

^a Giraffe Conservation Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Giraffa; Phylogeny; Population genetics; Thornicroft's giraffe; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYTOCHROME; DATABASE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATIONAL PARK; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SUBSPECIES; UNGULATE;

EASTERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; LUANGWA VALLEY; SOUTH LUANGWA NATIONAL PARK; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84886284184     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12085     Document Type: Article

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