Range-wide multilocus phylogeography of the red fox reveals ancient continental divergence, minimal genomic exchange and distinct demographic histories

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 4813-4830

  Statham, Mark J ^a   Murdoch, James ^b   Janecka, Jan ^c   Aubry, Keith B ^d   Edwards, Ceiridwen J ^e   Soulsbury, Carl D ^f   Berry, Oliver ^g,h   Wang, Zhenghuan ⁱ   Harrison, David ^j   Pearch, Malcolm ^j   Tomsett, Louise ^k   Chupasko, Judith ^l   Sacks, Benjamin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Harrison Institute   (United Kingdom)

^k DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

global phylogeography; mitochondrial DNA; nuclear DNA; Pleistocene; speciation; Vulpes fulva; Vulpes vulpes; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FOX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VULPES FULVA; VULPES VULPES; Y-CHROMOSOME;

GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEAR DNA; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIATION; VULPES FULVA; VULPES VULPES; Y-CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOXES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84908374359     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12898     Document Type: Article

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