Phylogeography of the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis (Hydrophiinae) indicates Pleistocene range expansion around northern Australia but low contemporary gene flow

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3406-3422

  Lukoschek, V ^a,b   Waycott, M ^a   Marsh, H ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC Reef Research Centre Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aipysurus; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Population genetics; Sea snake

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SNAKE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROPHIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AIPYSURUS; AIPYSURUS LAEVIS; ANTHOZOA; CARPENTARIA; HYDROPHIIDAE;

EID: 34547678543     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03392.x     Document Type: Article

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