A phylogeographic, demographic and historical analysis of the short-tailed pit viper (Gloydius brevicaudus): Evidence for early divergence and late expansion during the Pleistocene

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1905-1922

  Ding, Li ^a,b   Gan, Xiao Ni ^c   He, Shun Ping ^c   Zhao, Er Mi ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biogeography; Eastern China; Gloydius brevicaudus; phylogeography; Pleistocene refugia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIPERIDAE;

CROTALINAE; GLOYDIUS BLOMHOFFI BREVICAUDUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 79954665459     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05060.x     Document Type: Article

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