Comparative phylogeography of three endemic rodents from the Albertine Rift, east central Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 663-674

  Huhndorf, Michael H ^a,b   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C ^b,c   Loew, Sabine S ^a,b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Albertine Rift; Control region; Cytochrome b; Phylogeography; Rodent

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MURIDAE; MURINAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REGULATOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC SPECIATION; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY;

HYBOMYS LUNARIS; HYLOMYSCUS DENNIAE; LOPHUROMYS WOOSNAMI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33846500283     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03153.x     Document Type: Article

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