After the deluge: Mitochondrial DNA indicates Miocene radiation and Pliocene adaptation of tree and giant weta (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-309

  Trewick, Steven A ^a   Morgan Richards, Mary ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

12S; Adaptive radiation; Biogeography; Cytochrome oxidase I; Insects; New Zealand; Oligocene; Phylogeography; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; INSECT; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLIOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DEINACRIDA PLUVIALIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 13444274828     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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