Hares on thin ice: Introgression of mitochondrial DNA in hares and its implications for recent phylogenetic analyses

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 640-641

  Alves, Paulo C ^a,b   Harris, D James ^a,b   Melo Ferreira, José ^a,b,d   Branco, Madalena ^a,b   Suchentrunk, Franz ^c   Boursot, Pierre ^d   Ferrand, Nuno ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Hares; Introgression; Lepus; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

LEPUS;

EID: 33745817851     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.016     Document Type: Letter

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