Genetic distinction between contiguous urban and rural multimammate mice in Tanzania despite gene flow

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1952-1967

  Gryseels, S ^a   Gouy de Bellocq J ^a,b   Makundi, R ^c   Vanmechelen, K ^a   Broeckhove, J ^a   Mazoch, V ^d   Sumbera R ^d   Zima, J ^b,d   Leirs, H ^a   Baird, S J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

IMa2; Mastomys natalensis; population genetics; spatial genetics; synanthropy; Tanzania; urbanization

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RODENT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MUS; RODENTIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MOUSE; MURINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; TANZANIA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; GENE FLOW; MICE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MURINAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84978976013     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12919     Document Type: Article

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