Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European sprat (Sprattus sprattus L., Clupeidae) reveals isolated climatically vulnerable populations in the Mediterranean Sea and range expansion in the northeast Atlantic

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3873-3888

  Debes, P V ^a   Zachos, F E ^b   Hanel, R ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clupeidae; Fish; Ice ages; Isolation; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS;

EID: 50049135937     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03872.x     Document Type: Article

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