Population genetic structure in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean common murres (Uria aalge): Natural replicate tests of post-Pleistocene evolution

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4859-4873

  Morris Pocock, J A ^a   Taylor, S A ^a   Birt, T P ^a   Damus, M ^a   Piatt, J F ^b   Warheit, K I ^c   Friesen, V L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Fish and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Common murre; Genetic equilibrium; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Population differentiation; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INTRONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

URIA AALGE;

EID: 55849146710     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03977.x     Document Type: Article

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