Selective neutrality of mitochondrial ND2 sequences, phylogeography and species limits in Sitta europaea

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 679-686

  Zink, Robert M ^a   Drovetski, Sergei V ^b   Rohwer, Sievert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eurasian nuthatch; McDonald Kreitman test; Mismatch distribution; Mitochondrial DNA; Natural selection; Phylogeography; Population expansion; Species limits

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

SITTA EUROPAEA; SITTIDAE;

EID: 33746774640     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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