The evolutionary enigma of bonefishes (albula spp.): Cryptic species and ancient separations in a globally distributed shorefish

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 807-820

  Colborn, Jeff ^a   Crabtree, Roy E ^b   Shaklee, James B ^c   Pfeiler, Edward ^d   Bowen, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Leptocephalus; Marine fish; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Speciation; Stabilizing selection; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY;

ALBULA; ALBULA GLOSSODONTA; ALBULA NEOGUINAICA; ALBULA VULPES;

EID: 0035005781     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00816.x     Document Type: Article

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