Evidence for multiple historical colonizations of an endoreic drainage basin by an Australian freshwater fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1047-1067

  Huey, J A ^a   Baker, A M ^b   Hughes, J M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambassis sp.; Gene flow; Lake Eyre Basin; Microsatellites; MtDNA; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FISHES; GENE FLOW; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

AMBASSIS; CHANDA LALA;

EID: 80053512215     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03088.x     Document Type: Article

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