Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the polytypic North American rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta): A critique of the subspecies concept

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2107-2118

  Burbrink, Frank T ^a   Lawson, Robin ^b   Slowinski, Joseph B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region 1; Cytochrome b; Elaphe obsoleta; Evolutionary biology; Maximum likelihood; Maximum parsimony; Mitochondrial DNA; Species; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SUBSPECIES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ELAPHE; ELAPHE OBSOLETA; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034496790     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb01253.x     Document Type: Article

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