| population differentiation within and among asian elephant (elephas maximus) populations in southern india. | southern india, one of the last strongholds of the endangered asian elephant (elephas maximus), harbours about one-fifth of the global population. we present here the first population genetic study of free-ranging asian elephants, examining within- and among-population differentiation by analysing mitochondrial dna (mtdna) and nuclear microsatellite dna differentiation across the nilgiris-eastern ghats, anamalai, and periyar elephant reserves of southern india. low mtdna diversity and 'normal' m ... | 2005 | 15454948 |