Phylogeographical structure in the subterranean tuco-tuco Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): Contrasting the demographic consequences of regional and habitat-specific histories

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3453-3465

  Mora, Matías S ^a   Lessa, Enrique P ^b   Cutrera, Ana P ^a   Kittlein, Marcelo J ^a   Vassallo, Aldo I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Ctenomys australis; Ctenomys talarum; Phylogeography; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA;

CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS AUSTRALIS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547693379     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03398.x     Document Type: Article

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