Comparative phylogeography of northwest African Natrix maura (Serpentes: Colubridae) inferred from mtDNA sequences

African Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Barata, M ^a,b   Harris, D James ^a,b   Castilho, R ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Comparative phylogeography; Mitochondrial DNA; Natrix maura; Northwest Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

COLUBRIDAE; NATRIX MAURA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 46849092385     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[1:CPONAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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