Historical biogeography and phylogeny of monachine seals (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1267-1279

  Fyler, C A ^a,e   Reeder, T W ^a,f   Berta, A ^a,f   Antonelis, G ^b,g   Aguilar, A ^c   Androukaki, E ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical biogeography; Mixed model; Molecular divergence estimates; Monachinae; Nonparametric rate smoothing; Partitioned Bayesian inference; Phylogeny; Pinnipedia; Seal biogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPED;

MIROUNGA; MONACHUS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 21244454070     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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