Genetic and geographic differentiation in the Rio Negro tuco-tuco (Ctenomys Rionegrensis): Inferring the roles of migration and drift from multiple genetic markers

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 913-926

  Wlasiuk, Gabriela ^a   Garza, John Carlos ^b,c   Lessa, Enrique P ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic polymorphism; Ctenomys rionegrensis; Gene flow; Microsatellites; Phylogeography; Range expansion; Tuco tuco

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; RODENT;

URUGUAY;

AGOUTI; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS RIONEGRENSIS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037719761     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00302.x     Document Type: Article

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