Large-scale genetic survey provides insights into the captive management and reintroduction of giant pandas

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2663-2671

  Shan, Lei ^a   Hu, Yibo ^a   Zhu, Lifeng ^a   Yan, Li ^a   Wang, Chengdong ^b   Li, Desheng ^c   Jin, Xuelin ^d   Zhang, Chenglin ^e   Wei, Fuwen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding   (China)

^c China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^d Shaanxi Provincial Centre for the Breeding and Conservation of Rare Wildlife   (China)

^e Beijing Zoo   (China)

Author keywords

captive management; genetic diversity; giant panda; inbreeding; reintroduction

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AILUROPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; POPULATION; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BEAR; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; ZOO ANIMAL;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; LANGAT VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; URSIDAE;

EID: 84922347820     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu210     Document Type: Article

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