Phylogeography of Mus (Nannomys) minutoides (Rodentia, Muridae) in West Central African savannahs: Singular vicariance in neighbouring populations

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-85

  Mboumba, Jean François ^a,b   Deleporte, Pierre ^c   Colyn, Marc ^d   Nicolas, Violaine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE MASUKU   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Forest; Late Pleistocene; Mus minutoides; Nested clade analysis; Phylogeography; Savannah; Vicariance; West Central Africa

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; ISOLATED POPULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NESTEDNESS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SAVANNA; VICARIANCE;

CAMEROON; CONGO; GABON;

BAIOMYS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS MINUTOIDES; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650936658     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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