Mitochondrial sequence analysis of Salamandra taxa suggests old splits of major lineages and postglacial recolonizations of Central Europe from distinct source populations of Salamandra salamandra

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 397-410

  Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a,c   Veith, Michael ^b   Tautz, Diethard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; D loop; Phylogeny; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ALLOENZYME; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC LINE; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; ITALY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FRANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDRA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ATRA; EUPROCTUS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA ALGIRA; SALAMANDRA ATRA; SALAMANDRA CORSICA; SALAMANDRA INFRAIMMACULATA; SALAMANDRA LANZAI; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA;

EID: 0034088920     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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