Comparison of the genetic variation of captive ring-tailed lemurs with a wild population in Madagascar

Zoo Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 463-472

  Pastorini, Jennifer ^a,b   Sauther, Michelle L ^c   Sussman, Robert W ^d   Gould, Lisa ^e   Cuozzo, Frank P ^f   Fernando, Prithiviraj ^b   Nievergelt, Caroline M ^g   Mundy, Nicholas I ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Centre for Conservation and Research   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captivity; Conservation; Genetic variability; Lemur catta; Microsatellites; MtDNA sequences

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84944152583     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21225     Document Type: Article

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