Substantial genetic substructuring in southeastern and alpine Australia revealed by molecular phylogeography of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1279-1292

  Chapple, David G ^a,c   Keogh, J Scott ^a   Hutchinson, Mark N ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Gippsland Basin; Glaciation; Lizard; mtDNA; ND4

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EGERNIA GUTHEGA; EGERNIA MONTANA; EGERNIA WHITII; LACERTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 17644369684     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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