Unexpectedly low rangewide population genetic structure of the imperiled eastern box turtle Terrapene c. carolina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kimble, Steven J A ^a   Rhodes Jr , O E ^b   Williams, Rod N ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EASTERN BOX TURTLE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TURTLES;

EID: 84898655745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092274     Document Type: Article

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