Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1911-1922

  Lenk, P ^a   Fritz, U ^b   Joger, U ^c   Wink, M ^d  

^a HMR Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

^c Zoologische Abteilung   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Emys orbicularis; Mitochondrial DNA; Parapatry; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR VARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE; CYTOCHROME B; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL PERIOD; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS;

CLEMMYS MARMORATA; EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII; EMYS ORBICULARIS;

EID: 0033226781     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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