Genetic population structure and mobility of two nectar-feeding bats from Venezuelan deserts: Inferences from mitochondrial DNA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3191-3198

  Newton, Lyndsay R ^a   Nassar, Jafet M ^a,b,c   Fleming, Theodore H ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c IVIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Female philopatry; Gene flow; Mitochondrial DNA; Nectar feeding bats; Population genetic structure; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VENEZUELA;

GLOSSOPHAGA; GLOSSOPHAGA LONGIROSTRIS; LEPTONYCTERIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242709451     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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