Mechanisms of population differentiation in seabirds: Invited review

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1765-1785

  Friesen, V L ^a   Burg, T M ^a,b   McCoy, K D ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Meta analysis; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Population genetic structure; Seabird

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; MURRELET SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; PTERODROMA PHAEOPYGIA; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 34247331770     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03197.x     Document Type: Review

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