PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ASIAN ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

Populations of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) have been reduced in size and become highly fragmented during the past 3000 to 4000 years. Historical records reveal elephant dispersal by humans via trade and war. How have these anthropogenic impacts affected genetic variation and structure of As...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Evolution 2001-09, Vol.55 (9), p.1882-1892
Hauptverfasser:	Fleischer, Robert C, Perry, Elizabeth A, Muralidharan, Kasinathan, Stevens, Ernest E, Wemmer, Christen M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal populations Animals Asia Asian elephant Asians Calibration coalescence Cytochrome b Group - genetics Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics Elephants Elephants - classification Elephants - genetics Elephas maximus Evolution Evolution, Molecular evolutionarily significant units Evolutionary genetics Genetic variation Geography Haplotypes Loxodonta africana Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny Phylogeography Population genetics rate calibration REGULAR ARTICLES Reproducibility of Results Zoos
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