Amassing diversity in an ancient lake: Evolution of a morphologically diverse parthenogenetic gastropod assemblage in Lake Malawi

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 517-530

  Genner, Martin J ^a,b   Todd, Jonathan A ^c   Michel, Ellinor ^c   Erpenbeck, Dirk ^d   Jimoh, Abayomi ^a,e   Joyce, Domino A ^a   Piechocki, Andrzej ^f   Pointier, Jean Pierre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^g PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

AFLP; Clonal diversity; Melanoides; Molluscs; mtDNA sequences; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; GASTROPODA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES; MELANOIDES POLYMORPHA; MOLLUSCA; THIARIDAE;

EID: 33846492261     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03171.x     Document Type: Article

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