Population history of the plateau pika endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau based on mtDNA sequence data

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-403

  Ci, H X ^a,b   Lin, G H ^a,b   Cai, Z Y ^a   Tang, L Z ^a,b   Su, J P ^a   Liu, J Q ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Ochotona curzoniae; Population expansion; Population genetic structure; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

AVES; MYA; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70949083816     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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