Divergent lineages in the heath mouse (Pseudomys shortridgei) are indicative of major contraction to geographically isolated refugia on the eastern and western sides of Australia during the early Pleistocene

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Salinas, Maria ^a   Bunce, Michael ^b   Cancilla, Damien ^b   Alpers, Deryn L ^b   Spencer, Peter B S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Distribution; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial DNA; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLEISTOCENE; RARE SPECIES; REFUGIUM; RODENT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PSEUDOMYS SHORTRIDGEI; RODENTIA;

EID: 67650095676     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08097     Document Type: Article

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