Tempo and mode of evolutionary radiation in iguanian lizards

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5635, 2003, Pages 961-964

  Harmon, Luke J ^a   Schulte II, James A ^a,b   Larson, Allan ^a   Losos, Jonathan B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EVOLUTIONARY RADIATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; IGUANAS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

IGUANIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0043023771     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084786     Document Type: Article

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