Approximate Bayesian computation reveals the factors that influence genetic diversity and population structure of foxsnakes

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2364-2377

  Row, J R ^a   Brooks, R J ^b   MacKinnon, C A ^b   Lawson, A ^b   Crother, B I ^c   White, M ^c   Lougheed, S C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment test; Cytochrome b; Glaciation; Microsatellites; North America; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Reptile; Simulations

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOLOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL; SNAKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

REPTILIA;

EID: 80053954037     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02362.x     Document Type: Article

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