Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: Extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1049-1070

  Fontanella, Frank M ^a   Feldman, Chris R ^b   Siddall, Mark E ^c   Burbrink, Frank T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadophis punctatus; mtDNA; Population demography; Post glacial expansion; Trans continental phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 4; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40849097925     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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