Phylogeography and Pleistocene refugia of the adder (Vipera berus) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3425-3437

  Ursenbacher, S ^a,c   Carlsson, M ^b   Helfer, V ^a   Tegelstrom H ^b   Fumagalli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization history; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeography; Snake; Vipera berus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIPERIDAE;

VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 33748598697     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03031.x     Document Type: Article

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