The effect of the last glacial age on speciation and population genetic structure of the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2275-2286

  Gottelli, Dada ^a   Marino, Jorgelina ^b   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^b   Funk, Stephan M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford University ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Canis simensis; Genetic structure; Mitochondrial DNA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOLF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WOLVES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3242687257     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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