Molecular systematics of the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus): A comparison of parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-68

  Leaché, Adam D ^a,b   Reeder, Tod W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Ecomorph; Maximum likelihood; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular systematics; Phylogeography; Sceloporus undulatus; Species limits

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; LIZARD; MEXICO; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MEXICO; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS CAUTUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SCELOPORUS WOODI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036005516     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351502753475871     Document Type: Article

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