The Isthmus of Panama: A major physical barrier to gene flow in a highly mobile pantropical seabird

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1000-1008

  Steeves, T E ^a,c   Anderson, D J ^b   Friesen, V L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gene divergence; Masked booby; MDIV; Mitochondrial control region; Phylogeography; Population divergence

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; NATURAL BARRIER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; SULA DACTYLATRA;

EID: 22144447512     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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