Evolutionary history of the Maltese wall lizard Podarcis filfolensis: Insights on the 'Expansion-Contraction' model of Pleistocene biogeography

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1167-1187

  Salvi, Daniele ^a   Schembri, Patrick J ^b   Sciberras, Arnold ^c   Harris, D James ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c NONE   (Malta)

Author keywords

Allopatric divergence; genetic diversity; glacial expansion; historical demography; Mediterranean islands; phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); LIZARD; MALTA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; ISLANDS; LIZARDS; MALTA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84896823825     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12668     Document Type: Article

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