The species status of the Corsican finch Carduelis corsicana assessed by three genetic markers with different rates of evolution

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 234-240

  Förschler, Marc I ^a,b   Senar, Juan Carlos ^b   Perret, Philippe ^c   Björklund, Mats ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Microsatellites; mtDNA; Nuclear genes; Phylogeny; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FINCH; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CARDUELIS; FRINGILLIDAE;

EID: 67349120304     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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