Low support for separate species within the redpoll complex (Carduelis flammea-hornemanni-cabaret) from analyses of mtDNA and microsatellite markers

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1005-1017

  Marthinsen, Gunnhild ^a   Wennerberg, Liv ^a   Lifjeld, Jan T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Arctic redpoll; Bergmann's rule; Common redpoll; Ecological speciation; Gene flow; Gloger's rule; Greater redpoll; Lesser redpoll; Mealy redpoll; Principal coordinate analysis; Recent divergence; structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACANTHIS FLAMMEA; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA; CARDUELIS FLAVIROSTRIS; ROSTRATA;

EID: 43949128379     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.027     Document Type: Article

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