Allelic diversity at the Mhc-DQA locus of woodmouse populations (Apodemus sylvaticus) present in the islands and mainland of the northern Mediterranean

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-122

  de Bellocq, Joëlle Goüy ^a,b   Delarbre, Christiane ^c   Gachelin, Gabriel ^d   Morand, Serge ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Balancing selection; Island populations; Mediterranean; Mhc DQA locus; Phylogeography; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RODENT;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HYERES ISLANDS; ITALY; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PORQUEROLLES; PORT-CROS ISLAND; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VAR; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 14844358813     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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