Mapping the evolutionary twilight zone: Molecular markers, populations and geography

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 753-763

  Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^a   De Campos Telles, Mariana Pires ^b   Bonatto, Sandro L ^c   Eizirik, Eduardo ^c   De Freitas, Thales Renato O ^d   De Marco Jr , Paulo ^a   Santos, Fabrício R ^e   Sole Cava, Antônio ^f   Soares, Thannya Nascimento ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation biogeography; Conservation genetics; Geographical genetics; Landscape genetics; Molecular ecology; Molecular markers; Phylogeography; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAPPING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TWILIGHT;

EID: 42349083774     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01912.x     Document Type: Review

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