Gene flow across secondary contact zones of the Emys orbicularis complex in the Western Mediterranean and evidence for extinction and re-introduction of pond turtles on Corsica and Sardinia (Testudines: Emydidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-57

  Pedall, Inken ^a   Fritz, Uwe ^b   Stuckas, Heiko ^b   Valdeón, Aitor ^c   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

^c Aranzadi Society of Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Europe; Genetic cluster analysis; Glacial refugium; Hybridization; Phylogeography; Secondary contact zone; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT ZONE; CYTOCHROME; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POND; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TURTLE;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA;

EMYDIDAE; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; EMYS TRINACRIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78650938711     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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