Genetics at the verge of extinction: Insights from the Iberian lynx

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 5503-5515

  Casas Marce, M ^a   Soriano, L ^a   Lopez Bao J V ^a,b   Godoy, J A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bottleneck; conservation genetics; effective population size; genetic diversity; Lynx pardinus

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOTTLENECK; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPAIN;

BOTTLENECK; CONSERVATION GENETICS; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; LYNX PARDINUS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; LYNX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN;

EID: 84887318296     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12498     Document Type: Article

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