Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite molecular genetics: The resolution of Littorina littorea's North American origin

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3684-3696

  Blakeslee, April M H ^a,b   Byers, James E ^a   Lesser, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cryptocotyle lingua; Cryptogenic; Introduction; Littorina littorea; Population divergence

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY; SNAIL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS; TREMATODA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CRYPTOCOTYLE LINGUA; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; TREMATODA;

EID: 49249088615     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03865.x     Document Type: Article

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