Ecological diversification in a group of Indomalayan pitvipers (Trimeresurus): Convergence in taxonomically important traits has implications for species identification

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Sanders, K L ^a   Malhotra, A ^a   Thorpe, R S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Convergence; Independent contrasts; Indomalayan; Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid; Phenotype; Trimeresurus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SNAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INDONESIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; TRIMERESURUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS SUMATRANUS;

EID: 3042744207     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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