Inferring population history and demography using microsatellites, mitochondrial DNA, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1458-1468

  Bos, David H ^a   Gopurenko, David ^a   Williams, Rod N ^a   Dewoody, J Andrew ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Effective population size; M ratio; Mismatch distribution; Natural selection; Neutral evolution

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALLELE; AMPHIBIAN; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATURAL SELECTION; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM TIGRINUM; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 44449118060     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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