Multiple factors have shaped the phylogeography of Chinese spiny loach Cobitis sinensis in Taiwan as inferred from mitochondrial DNA variation

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1173-1189

  Chiang, T Y ^a   Lin, H D ^a   Shao, K T ^b   Hsu, K C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cobitis sinensis; Glacial event; Phylogeography; River capture; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

COBITIDAE; COBITIS SINENSIS; PISCES;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CYPRINIFORMES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77953997237     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02589.x     Document Type: Article

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