Hares on ice: Phylogeography and historical demographics of Lepus arcticus, L. othus, and L. timidus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3005-3016

  Waltari, Eric ^a   Cook, Joseph A ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Beringia; Lepus; Phylogenetics; Phylogeography; Refugia

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; LEPUS OTHUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; LEPUS TOWNSENDII; MAMMALIA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; COLD CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HARE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BAYES THEOREM; COLD CLIMATE; DNA; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HARES; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26944486689     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02625.x     Document Type: Article

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