Recurrent introgression of mitochondrial DNA among hares (lepus spp.) revealed by species-tree inference and coalescent simulations

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-381

  Melo Ferreira, J ^a,b,c   Boursot, P ^c   Carneiro, M ^a,b   Esteves, P J ^a,d   Farelo, L ^a,b   Alves, P C ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescent simulations; discordant phylogenies; introgression; Lepus; rapid radiation; species tree inference

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HARE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HARES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

LEPUS; LEPUS CASTROVIEJOI; LEPUS CORSICANUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; LEPUS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 84860153849     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr114     Document Type: Article

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