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) identifier identifier

  • 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.