Genealogical concordance between mitochondrial and nuclear DNAs supports species recognition of the panamint rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii stephensi)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 920-932

  Douglas, Michael E ^a,d   Douglas, Marlis R ^a,d   Schuett, Gordon W ^b   Porras, Louis W ^c   Thomason, Blake L ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Illinois Natural History Survey ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PLIOCENE; POLYMORPHISM; RECOGNITION; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALTON TROUGH; UNITED STATES;

CROTALUS MITCHELLII; CROTALUS MITCHELLII STEPHENSI; SISTRURUS;

EID: 37849031732     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[920:GCBMAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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