Phylogeographic analysis and environmental niche modeling of the plain-bellied watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster) reveals low levels of genetic and ecological differentiation

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 985-995

  Makowsky, Robert ^a   Marshall Jr , John C ^b   McVay, John ^c   Chippindale, Paul T ^a   Rissler, Leslie J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modeling; Natricinae; Nerodia erythrogaster; Phylogeography; Subspecies; Thamnophiinae; Watersnake

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COLUBRIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

NATRICINAE; NERODIA ERYTHROGASTER; SERPENTES;

EID: 77953127630     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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