Phylogeographical analyses of domestic and wild yaks based on mitochondrial DNA: New data and reappraisal

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2332-2344

  Wang, Zhaofeng ^a   Shen, Xin ^b   Liu, Bin ^b   Su, Jianping ^c   Yonezawa, Takahiro ^d   Yu, Yun ^b   Guo, Songchang ^c   Ho, Simon Y W ^e   Vilà, Carles ^f,g   Hasegawa, Masami ^d   Liu, Jianquan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bos grunniens; China; D loop; Demographic history; Domestication; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogenomics; Phylogeographical structure; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DOMESTICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GROWTH; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

BOS GRUNNIENS; BOS GRUNNIENS MUTUS;

EID: 78649526592     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02379.x     Document Type: Article

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