Phylogeographic structure and mitochondrial DNA variation in true lemmings (Lemmus) from the Eurasian Arctic

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 357-371

  Fedorov, Vadim ^a,b   Goropashnaya, Anna ^a   Jarrell, Gordon H ^c   Fredga, Karl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Beringia; Cytochrome b gene; Environmental changes; Gene flow; Glaciation; Islands; Population structure; Quaternary; Vicariant events

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT;

ARCTIC; EURASIA;

LEMMUS;

EID: 0032950331     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0271     Document Type: Article

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