Birth of a hotspot of intraspecific genetic diversity: Notes from the underground

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 5432-5451

  Canestrelli, Daniele ^a   Aloise, Gaetano ^b   Cecchetti, Silvia ^a   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gene flow; genetic diversity; hotspots; multiple refugia; Talpa romana

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLE (INSECTIVORA);

ANIMALS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLES;

MAMMALIA; TALPA ROMANA;

EID: 78650118179     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04900.x     Document Type: Article

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