Phylogeography and species limits in the Gymnodactylus darwinii complex (Gekkonidae, Squamata): Genetic structure coincides with river systems in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-26

  Pellegrino, Katia C M ^a,b   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^b   Waite, Aaron N ^c   Morando, Mariana ^d   Yassuda, Yatiyo Y ^b   Sites Jr , Jack W ^e  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENPAT U9120ACV Puerto Madryn ^*  (Argentina)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag NORs; Biogeography; Brazil; Divergence times; Karyotype; mtDNA; Phylogroups; Riverine barriers; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18644375750     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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