Coalescence methods reveal the impact of vicariance on the spatial genetic structure of Elephantulus edwardii (Afrotheria, Macroscelidea)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2680-2692

  Smit, H A ^a   Robinson, T J ^a   Van Vuuren, B J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Fold Mountains; Elephant shrew; Knersvlakte; Phylogeography; Sengi; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; SHREW; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SHREWS; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFROTHERIA; ELEPHANTULUS EDWARDII; LOXODONTA; MACROSCELIDEA; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347324108     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03334.x     Document Type: Article

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