Extreme mtDNA divergences in a terrestrial slug (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Arionidae): Accelerated evolution, allopatric divergence and secondary contact

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1264-1280

  Pinceel, J ^a   Jordaens, K ^a   Backeljau, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Allozymes; Gastropoda; Hybrid zone; ITS1; Phylogeography; Reproductive isolation; Secondary contact; Taxonomy; Terrestrial slugs

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

DIVERGENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SLUG; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GASTROPOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROPODA; GENE FREQUENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARION SUBFUSCUS; ARIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA;

EID: 27144486929     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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