The geography of diversification in mutualistic ants: A gene's-eye view into the Neogene history of Sundaland rain forests

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2045-2062

  Quek, S P ^a   Davies, S J ^a,d   Ashton, P S ^a,b   Itino, T ^c   Pierce, N E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Crematogaster; Cytochrome Oxidase; Macaranga; Rain forest; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUPHORBIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMBIOSIS; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUPHORBIACEAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

FORMICIDAE; MACARANGA;

EID: 34248232387     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03294.x     Document Type: Article

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