Genetic structure of desert ground squirrels over a 20-degree-latitude transect from Oregon through the Baja California peninsula

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2709-2720

  Whorley, Joshua R ^a   Alvarez Castañeda, S Ticul ^b   Kenagy, G J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c Burke Museum   (United States)

^d Burke Museum ^*

Author keywords

Adaptation; Demography; Geographical evolution; Historical biogeography; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC STATES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMMOSPERMOPHILUS; AMMOSPERMOPHILUS LEUCURUS; ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 4344656838     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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