Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: Phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae: Plethodon)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 539-546

  Kozak, Kenneth H ^a,b   Weisrock, David W ^a,c   Larson, Allan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Appalachians; Niche conservatism; Phylogeny; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AMPHIBIAN; CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOREST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

PLETHODON; PLETHODON GLUTINOSUS; PLETHODONTIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URODELA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33645758766     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3326     Document Type: Article

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