Deep biogeographical history and cytonuclear discordance in the black-tailed brush lizard (Urosaurus nigricaudus) of Baja California

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-104

  Lindell, Johan ^a,b,d   Méndez De La Cruz, Fausto R ^c   Murphy, Robert W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genealogy; Historical biogeography; Maternal boundaries; mtDNA; Secondary contact zones; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENEALOGY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); VICARIANCE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS NIGRICAUDUS;

EID: 43049105377     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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