Fire and ice: Genetic structure of the Uinta ground squirrel (Spermophilus armatus) across the Yellowstone hotspot

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1776-1788

  Van Tuinen, Marcel ^a   O'Keefe, Kim ^b   Ramakrishnan, Uma ^c   Hadly, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Ground squirrels; Lava Creek Caldera; Phylogeography; Postglacial recolonization; Snake River Plain; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; ICE COVER; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS ARMATUS;

EID: 41149097143     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03671.x     Document Type: Article

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