The genetic population structure of Buthus occitanus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) across the Strait of Gibraltar: Calibrating a molecular clock using nuclear allozyme variation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 519-534

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FST; Phylogeography; Proteins; Scorpions; Subspecies; West Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; NATURAL BARRIER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

BUTHIDA; BUTHIDAE; BUTHUS OCCITANUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 9244235678     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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