Evidence for parallel ecological speciation in scincid lizards of the Eumeces skiltonianus species group (Squamata: Scincidae)

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1498-1513

  Richmond, J Q ^a,b   Reeder, T W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological speciation; Heterochrony; Parallel evolution; Skinks; Systematics

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; EUMECES; EUMECES GILBERTI; EUMECES LAGUNENSIS; EUMECES SKILTONIANUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036341571     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01461.x     Document Type: Article

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