Cryptic speciation in the field vole: A multilocus approach confirms three highly divergent lineages in Eurasia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 6015-6032

  Pauperio J ^a,b,c   Herman, J S ^b,d   Melo Ferreira, J ^a   Jaarola, M ^e   Alves, P C ^a,c,f   Searle, J B ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

cryptic species; demography; Microtus agrestis; phylogeography; species tree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 84870945760     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12024     Document Type: Article

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