A tale of two flatties: Different responses of two terrestrial flatworms to past environmental climatic fluctuations at Tallaganda in montane southeastern Australia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4513-4531

  Sunnucks, Paul ^a,d   Blacket, Mark J ^a,e   Taylor, Jody M ^a,d   Sands, Chester J ^a   Ciavaglia, Sherryn A ^a   Garrick, Ryan C ^a   Tait, Noel N ^b   Rowell, David M ^c   Pavlova, Alexandra ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative phylogeography; Flatworm; Great Dividing Range; Mitochondrial DNA; Saproxylic; Tallaganda

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ARTIOPOSTHIA; CAENOPLANA COERULEA; COLLEMBOLA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 33750988521     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03107.x     Document Type: Article

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