Molecular phylogeography of European Sciurus vulgaris: Refuge within refugia?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2687-2699

  Grill, Andrea ^a,b   Amori, Giovanni ^c   Aloise, Gaetano ^d   Lisi, Irene ^b   Tosi, Guido ^e   Wauters, Lucas A ^e   Randi, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calabria; Evolution; Forest living mammal; Glacial refugium; Squirrel; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 66749183486     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04215.x     Document Type: Article

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