Phylogeography of Tibetan snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus) in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-533

  An, Bei ^a   Zhang, Lixun ^a   Browne, Stephen ^b   Liu, Naifa ^a   Ruan, Luzhang ^c   Song, Sen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b World Pheasant Association   (United Kingdom)

^c NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Bottleneck; Microsatellite; Phylogeography; Structure; Tetraogallus tibetanus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GALLIFORMES; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GALLIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

TETRAOGALLUS TIBETANUS;

EID: 60449091298     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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