Fossorial but widespread: The phylogeography of the common spadefoot toad (Pelobates fuscus), and the role of the Po Valley as a major source of genetic variability

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2734-2754

  Crottini, Angelica ^a,b   Andreone, Franco ^b   Kosuch, Joachim ^c,d   Borkin, Leo J ^e   Litvinchuk, Spartak N ^f   Eggert, Christophe ^g   Veith, Michael ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^e ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mismatch distribution; Nucleotide diversity; Pelobates; Phylogeographical analysis; Postglacial range expansion; Summary statistics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FOSSIL; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA; EUROPE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATES; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATES FUSCUS; PELOBATES VARALDII;

EID: 34347350248     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03274.x     Document Type: Article

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