Holarctic phylogeography of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus): Implications for late Quaternary biogeography of high latitudes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 957-968

  Brunhoff, Cecilia ^a   Galbreath, K E ^b,c   Fedorov, V B ^b,d   Cook, J A ^e   Jaarola, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beringia; Colonization history; Cytochrome b; Microtus oeconomus; MtDNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DICROSTONYX; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037800442     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01796.x     Document Type: Article

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