Phylogeography of the weasel (Mustela nivalis) in the western-Palaearctic region: Combined effects of glacial events and human movements

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-462

  Lebarbenchon, C ^a,b   Poitevin, F ^b   Arnal, V ^c   Montgelard, C ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

cytochrome b; intraspecific taxonomy; Mediterranean islands; Mitochondrial control region; molecular dating; Quaternary glaciations

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD TOLERANCE; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GLACIATION; MITOCHONDRION; MUSTELID; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; QUATERNARY; REFUGE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MUSTELIDAE; PHYLOGENY;

EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 77958494115     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.186     Document Type: Article

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