Phylogeography of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys australis in sand-dune habitats: Evidence of population expansion

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1192-1203

  Mora, Matías Sebastián ^a   Lessa, Enrique Pablo ^c   Kittlein, Marcelo Javier ^a,b   Vassallo, Aldo Iván ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ctenomys australis; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Population expansion; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

DUNE; GENE FLOW; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

CTENOMYS AUSTRALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846081561     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-399R1.1     Document Type: Review

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