Comparative phylogeography of Atlantic bluefin tuna and swordfish: The combined effects of vicariance, secondary contact, introgression, and population expansion on the regional phylogenies of two highly migratory pelagic fishes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 169-187

  Alvarado Bremer, Jaime R ^a,b   Viñas, Jordi ^a,f   Mejuto, Jaime ^c   Ely, Bert ^d   Pla, Carles ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro Nacional Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic bluefin tuna; Comparative phylogeography; Historical demography; Mediterranean Sea; Mismatch distribution; Mitochondrial DNA control region; Pleistocene; Population structure; Swordfish; Thunnus thynnus; Vicariance; Xiphias gladius

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; TIME; TUNA;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; TUNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALALUNGA; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; THYNNUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 17444362940     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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