Single origin of human commensalism in the house sparrow

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 788-796

  Saetre G P ^a   Riyahi, S ^a,b   Aliabadian, M ^b   Hermansen, J S ^a   Hogner, S ^a   Olsson, U ^c   Gonzalez Rojas, M F ^a   Saether S A ^a   Trier, C N ^a   Elgvin, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural revolution; Biogeography; Commensalism; Passer domesticus; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; CIVILIZATION; COMMENSALISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASSERINE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; RELICT SPECIES; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPARROW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SPARROWS; SYMBIOSIS;

EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84858337578     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02470.x     Document Type: Article

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