Phylogeography and cryptic diversity of the solitary-dwelling silvery mole-rat, genus Heliophobius (family: Bathyergidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 324-338

  Faulkes, C G ^a   Bennett, N C ^b,c   Cotterill, F P D ^d   Stanley, W ^e   Mgode, G F ^f   Verheyen, E ^g,h  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^g ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

African mole rats; Bathyergidae; Heliophobius; Phylogeography; Rift valley; Silvery mole rat; Taxonomy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRYPSIS; GRABEN; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIFT ZONE; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TECTONICS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT;

BATHYERGIDAE; BATHYERGUS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; GEORYCHUS; HELIOPHOBIUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; RATTUS;

EID: 80855124302     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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