Phylogeography of Australia's king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) reveals Pliocene divergence and Pleistocene dispersal of a top predator

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-127

  Kuch, Ulrich ^a   Keogh, J Scott ^b   Weigel, John ^c   Smith, Laurie A ^d   Mebs, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Reptile Park   (Australia)

^d W Australian Mus of Nat Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE 4; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DIVERGENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SNAKE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASE PAIRING; BAYES THEOREM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTORY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PREDATOR; PSEUDECHIS AUSTRALIS; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELAPIDAE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MUSEUMS; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RNA, TRANSFER;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 16844381252     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0602-0     Document Type: Article

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