Delimiting species: Comparing methods for mendelian characters using lizards of the Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) complex

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1050-1065

  Marshall, Jonathon C ^a,b   Arévalo, Elisabeth ^c   Benavides, Edgar ^d   Sites, Joanne L ^e   Sites Jr , Jack W ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Chromosomes; Field for recombination; Highton's genetic distance method; Population aggregation analysis; Species delimitation

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SCELOPORUS GRAMMICUS; SQUAMATA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MEXICO; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33747069437     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-545.1     Document Type: Article

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