Comparative molecular phylogeography of North American softshell turtles (Apalone): Implications for regional and wide-scale historical evolutionary forces

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 152-164

  Weisrock, David W ^a   Janzen, Fredric J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Comparative phylogeography; Cytochrome b; Intraspecific phylogenetics; Molecular evolution; mtDNA; Softshell turtle; Southeastern United States; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

APALONE; APALONE FEROX; APALONE MUTICA; APALONE SPINIFERA;

EID: 0033936797     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0689     Document Type: Article

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