Phylogeography and population structure of the saker falcon (Falco cherrug) and the influence of hybridization: Mitochondrial and microsatellite data

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1497-1517

  Nittinger, Franziska ^a   Gamauf, Anita ^a   Pinsker, Wilhelm ^a   Wink, Michael ^b   Haring, Elisabeth ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Falco cherrug; Hierofalcons; Hybridization; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial control region; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FALCONIFORMES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FALCONIFORMES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FALCO BIARMICUS; FALCO CHERRUG; FALCO JUGGER; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 33947498160     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03245.x     Document Type: Article

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