Phylogeography of the Bothrops jararaca complex (Serpentes: Viperidae): Past fragmentation and island colonization in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3969-3982

  Grazziotin, Felipe G ^a   Monzel, Markus ^b   Echeverrigaray, Sergio ^c   Bonatto, Sandro L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops alcatraz; Bothrops insularis; Bothrops jararaca; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Island speciation; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BOTHROPS; BRAZIL; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS INSULARIS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 33750206772     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03057.x     Document Type: Article

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