Population genetic analysis identifies source-sink dynamics for two sympatric garter snake species (Thamnophis elegans and Thamnophis sirtalis)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3965-3976

  Manier, Mollie K ^a,b   Arnold, Stevan J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent based maximum likelihood; Extinction recolonization; F ST; Isolation by distance; Metapopulation; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646199080     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02734.x     Document Type: Article

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