Problems with mitochondrial DNA as a marker in population, phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies: The effects of inherited symbionts

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1572, 2005, Pages 1525-1534

  Hurst, Gregory D D ^a   Jiggins, Francis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mtDNA; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Selective sweep; Symbiont; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SYMBIONT;

ARTHROPOD; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; INVERTEBRATE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIONT;

ARTHROPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 26244452955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3056     Document Type: Review

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