Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: Phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 527-538

  Puorto, G ^a   Da Graca Salomao M ^a   Theakston, R D G ^b   Thorpe, R S ^c   Warrell, D A ^d   Wuster W ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Bothrops; Matrix correspondence tests; Mitochondrial DNA; Multivariate morphometrics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BRAZIL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DNA; PHYLOGENETICS;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS LEUCURUS; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0034885617     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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