Phylogeny and historical demography of economically important rodents of the genus Arvicanthis (Mammalia: Muridae) from the Nile Valley: Of mice and men

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 641-655

  Abdel Rahman Ahmed, E H ^a   Ducroz, J F ^b   Mitchell, A ^c,e   Lamb, J ^c   Contrafatto, G ^c   Denys, C ^b   Lecompte, E ^b   Taylor, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^e NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Cytochrome b; Geomorphology; Haplotype network; Molecular systematics; Palaeoclimates; Population genetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NILE VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ARVICANTHIS; ARVICANTHIS ABYSSINICUS; ARVICANTHIS ANSORGEI; ARVICANTHIS NEUMANNI; ARVICANTHIS NILOTICUS; ARVICANTHIS TESTICULARIS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 38849087950     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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