Phylogeography of the armadillo Chaetophractus villosus (Dasypodidae Xenarthra): Post-glacial range expansion from Pampas to Patagonia (Argentina)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-46

  Poljak, Sebastián ^a   Confalonieri, Viviana ^b   Fasanella, Mariana ^a   Gabrielli, Magalí ^a   Lizarralde, Marta Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Large hairy armadillo; mtDNA; Nested Clade Analysis (NCA); South American mammals

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ARMADILLOS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARMADILLO; CHAETOPHRACTUS VILLOSUS; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 76849111463     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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