Go east: Phylogeographies of Mauremys caspica and M. rivulata - Discordance of morphology, mitochondrial and nuclear genomic markers and rare hybridization

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 527-540

  Fritz, U ^a   Ayaz, D ^b   Buschbom, J ^c   Kami, H G ^d   Mazanaeva, L F ^e   Aloufi, A A ^f   Auer, M ^a   Rifai, L ^g   Silic T ^h   Hundsdorfer A K ^a  

^a DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^d GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^e DAGESTAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f Tabuk Teachers College   (Saudi Arabia)

^g JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Croatian Herpetological Society HYLA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chelonian; Gene flow; Hybridization; Phylogeography; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLOPATRY; GENE FLOW; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURTLE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS CASPICA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 38849141779     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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