Aquatic insect conservation: a molecular genetic approach

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 849-855

  Sivaramakrishnan, K G ^a   Janarthanan, S ^b   Selvakumar, C ^b   Arumugam, M ^b  

^a MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Conservation; DNA barcoding; Genetic diversity; Global climate change; Molecular phylogeography

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84919913284     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0250-4     Document Type: Review

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