Phylogeography of the common vole (Microtus arvalis) with particular emphasis on the colonization of the Orkney archipelago

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 951-956

  Haynes, Susan ^a,c   Jaarola, Maarit ^b   Searle, Jeremy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization history; Cytochrome b; Microtus arvalis; Microtus obscurus; Orkney; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS OBSCURUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037667870     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01795.x     Document Type: Article

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