The influence of the arid Andean high plateau on the phylogeography and population genetics of guanaco (Lama guanicoe) in South America

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 463-482

  Marin, Juan C ^a   González, Benito A ^b   Poulin, Elie ^b   Casey, Ciara S ^c   Johnson, Warren E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

camelids; contact zone; d loop; Holocene; microsatellites; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; LAMA GUANICOE;

EID: 84872025327     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12111     Document Type: Article

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