Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and phylogeographical structure of rock partridge (Alectoris graeca) populations

Heredity

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 528-536

  Lucchini, Vittorio ^a   Randi, Ettore ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alectoris graeca; Conservation units; mtDNA control region; Phylogeography; Postglacial expansion; Rock partridge

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; DEGLACIATION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EUROPE;

EID: 0032214509     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6884130     Document Type: Article

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