Phylogeography of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Europe: a legacy of south-eastern Mediterranean refugia?

Stamatis, Costas; SUCHENTRUNK, Franz; Moutou, Katerina; GIACOMETTI, Marco; Haerer, Gunther; Djan, Mihajla; Vapa, Ljiljana; VUKOVIC, Marijana; TVRTKOVIC, Nikola; SERT, HAKAN; ALVES, Paulo; Mamuris, Zissis

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02013.x

Phylogeography of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Europe: a legacy of south-eastern Mediterranean refugia?

Stamatis C., SUCHENTRUNK F., Moutou K. A., GIACOMETTI M., Haerer G., Djan M., ...More

JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, vol.36, no.3, pp.515-528, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 36 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2009
Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02013.x
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.515-528
Keywords: Brown hare, Europe, Lepus europaeus, mtDNA, phylogeography, population genetics, post-glacial colonization, MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA, GENETIC-STRUCTURE, POSTGLACIAL COLONIZATION, PHYLOGENETIC TREES, SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT, POPULATIONS, DIFFERENTIATION, DIVERSITY, POLYMORPHISM, PALLAS
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We analysed the population genetics of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in order to test the hypothesis that this species migrated into central Europe from a number of late glacial refugia, including some in Asia Minor.