A highly divergent mitochondrial DNA lineage of Microtus agrestis in southern Europe

Heredity

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 228-234

  Jaarola, M ^a   Searle, J B ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cryptic taxa; Cytochrome b; Microtus agrestis; mtDNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 1842614353     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800400     Document Type: Article

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