Post-glacial recolonization of the Great Lakes region by the common gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis) inferred from mtDNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 452-467

  Placyk Jr , John S ^a   Burghardt, Gordon M ^a   Small, Randall L ^a   King, Richard B ^b   Casper, Gary S ^c   Robinson, Jace W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Great Lakes; Michigan; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeography; Natricine; Nested clade analysis; Recolonization; Thamnophis; Thamnophis sirtalis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GREAT LAKES REGION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247569362     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.023     Document Type: Article

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