Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Survey of Zootoca vivipara across the Eastern Italian Alps: Evolutionary Relationships, Historical Demography and Conservation Implications

• Luca Cornetti,

  Affiliations Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology - Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all’Adige, Italy, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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• Michele Menegon,

  Affiliation Museo di Scienze, Trento, Italy

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• Giovanni Giovine,

  Affiliation Stazione sperimentale regionale per lo studio e la conservazione degli anfibi in Lombardia, Lago di Endine – Casazza, Bergamo, Italy

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• Benoit Heulin,

  Affiliation Station Biologique, CNRS UMR 6553, Paimpont, France

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• Cristiano Vernesi

  * E-mail: cristiano.vernesi@fmach.it

  Affiliation Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology - Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all’Adige, Italy

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