Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 613-629

  Faulkes, C G ^a   Verheyen, E ^b   Verheyen, W ^c   Jarvis, J U M ^d   Bennett, N C ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African mole rats; Bathyergidae; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Rift Valley; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPING; MOLE RAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BATHYERGIDAE; BATHYERGUS; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; GEORYCHUS; HELIOPHOBIUS; HETEROCEPHALUS; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; HYSTRICOGNATHI; INSECTA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342311297     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2004.02099.x     Document Type: Article

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