Speciation and phylogeography of giant petrels Macronectes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 472-487

  Techow, N M S M ^a   O'Ryan, C ^a   Phillips, R A ^b   Gales, R ^c   Marin, M ^d,e   Patterson Fraser, D ^f   Quintana, F ^g,h   Ritz, M S ⁱ   Thompson, D R ^j   Wanless, R M ^a   Weimerskirch, H ^k   Ryan, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d Feather Link Incorporated   (United States)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^f Polar Oceans Research Group   (United States)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^h WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁱ FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^k CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Genetic differentiation; Genetic diversity; Giant Petrels; Macronectes; Microsatellite; Species

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FULMARUS; MACRONECTES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; MYA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 73349117157     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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