Surfing in tortoises? Empirical signs of genetic structuring owing to range expansion

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gracia, Eva ^a   Botella, Francisco ^a   Anadon, Jose Daniel ^b,c   Edelaar, Pim ^b,d   Harris, D James ^e   Gimenez, Andres ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Founding events; Genetic drift; Isolation by distance; Rare alleles; Spur thighed tortoise

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MICROCOSM; RANGE EXPANSION; TURTLE;

NORTH AFRICA; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; TURTLES;

EID: 84878180025     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1091     Document Type: Article

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