The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 197-211

  Hassanin, Alexandre ^a,b   Khouider, Souraya ^b   Gembu, Guy Crispin ^c   M Goodman, Steven ^d   Kadjo, Blaise ^e   Nesi, Nicolas ^b   Pourrut, Xavier ^f   Nakouné, Emmanuel ^g   Bonillo, Céline ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

African mammals; Ancient DNA; Casinycteris; New species; Phylogeny; Quaternary; Rainforests; Refuge theory; Scotonycteris; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BAT; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHILOPATRY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; BAT; CAMEROON; CASINYCTERIS ARGYNNIS; CASINYCTERIS CAMPOMAANENSIS; CASINYCTERIS OPHIODON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOREST; GENE FLOW; GUINEA; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SCOTONYCTERINI; SCOTONYCTERIS ZENKERI; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES REFUGE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA;

CASINYCTERIS; CASINYCTERIS ARGYNNIS; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYA; PTEROPODIDAE; SCOTONYCTERIS; SCOTONYCTERIS ZENKERI;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FORESTS; GENE FLOW; HAPLOTYPES; INTRONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923562465     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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