mtDNA analysis reveals the ongoing speciation on Greek populations of Microtus (Terricola) thomasi (Arvicolidae, Rodentia)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-130

  Tryfonopoulos, Giorgos ^a   Thanou, Evanthia ^a   Chondropoulos, Basilios ^a   Fraguedakis Tsolis, Stella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Control region; Cytochrome b; Microtus (Microtus) guentheri; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RNA; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL GREECE; EUBOEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; PELOPONNESE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARVICOLINAE; MICROTUS GUENTHERI; MICROTUS THOMASI; RODENTIA;

EID: 52649154024     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01025.x     Document Type: Article

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