The effect of ice ages in speciation and diversification is well established in the literature. In
Europe, the Iberian, the Italian and the Balkan peninsulas comprise the main glacial refugia …

Five hantaviruses are known to circulate among rodents in Europe, and at least two among
insectivores. Four (Dobrava, Saaremaa, Seoul, and Puumala [PUUV] viruses) are clearly …

Abstract Aim The southern European peninsulas (Iberian, Italian and Balkan) are
considered to have been refugia for many European species of plants and animals during …

This study details the phylogeographic pattern of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus, a
European rodent species strongly associated with forest habitat. We used sequences of …

Comparative phylogeography has revealed remarkable patterns of concordance in the
maternal phylogenies of many species. The phylogeography and historical demography of …

Background At the last glacial maximum, Fennoscandia was covered by an ice sheet while
the tundra occupied most of the rest of northern Eurasia. More or less disjunct refugial …

We sequenced 998 base pairs (bp) of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and 799bp of
nuclear gene BRCA1 in the Lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group) over …

Global climate changes during the Quaternary reveal much about broader evolutionary
effects of environmental change. Detailed regional studies reveal how evolutionary lineages …

Abstract Background and Aims Anatolia is a biologically diverse, but phylogeographically
under-explored region. It is described as either a centre of origin and long-term Pleistocene …

Background Mitochondrial and nuclear genes have generally been employed for different
purposes in molecular systematics, the former to resolve relationships within recently …