Strikingly variable divergence times inferred across an Amazonian butterfly 'suture zone'

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1580, 2005, Pages 2525-2533

  Whinnett, Alaine ^a,b   Zimmermann, Marie ^a   Willmott, Keith R ^b,c   Herrera, Nimiadina ^d   Mallarino, Ricardo ^d   Simpson, Fraser ^a   Joron, Mathieu ^a,e   Lamas, Gerardo ^f   Mallet, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

DNA barcodes; Lepidoptera; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Pleistocene refuge hypothesis; Speciation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUTURE ZONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYBRID ZONE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXACEAE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; DANAINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MELINAEA; OLERIA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TAXACEAE;

EID: 28244483120     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3247     Document Type: Article

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