Phylogeographic Patterns in Africa and High Resolution Delineation of Genetic Clades in the Lion (Panthera leo)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Bertola, L D ^a,b   Jongbloed, H ^a,b   Van Der Gaag, K J ^c   De Knijff, P ^c   Yamaguchi, N ^d   Hooghiemstra, H ^e   Bauer, H ^f   Henschel, P ^g   White, P A ^h   Driscoll, C A ⁱ   Tende, T ^j   Ottosson, U ^j   Saidu, Y ^k   Vrieling, K ^b   De Iongh, H H ^a,l  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Qatar University   (Qatar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g PANTHERA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^j AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) Jos   (Nigeria)

^k Nigeria National Park Service   (Nigeria)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; LION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; VETERINARY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; LIONS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84982676270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30807     Document Type: Article

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