Lineage diversification on an evolving landscape: Phylogeography of the California newt, Taricha torosa (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-239

  Kuchta, Shawn R ^a,b   Tan, An Ming ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Bayesian analysis; Biogeography; Electrophoresis; Haplotype network; Isolation by distance; Maximum likelihood; Mismatch distribution; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; AMPHIBIAN; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; STARCH; SUBSPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CAUDATA; MYA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 33748783053     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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