Genetic and morphological differentiation patterns between sister species: The case of Onthophagus taurus and Onthophagus illyricus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-211

  Pizzo, Astrid ^a   Roggero, Angela ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a   Cervella, Piero ^a   Del Pero, Massimiliano ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFLP; Allopatric speciation; COI gene; External morphology; Genital morphology; Geometric morphometrics; Interspecific shape variation; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BEETLE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLIOCENE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33748771454     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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