Testing species boundaries in an ancient species complex with deep phylogeographic history: Genus Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae)

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 396-414

  Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Bezy, Robert L ^c   Bolles, Kathryn ^c   Camarillo R , Jose L ^d   Crandall, Keith A ^a   Sites Jr , Jack W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Maximum likelihood; mtDNA; Nested clade analysis; Phylogeography; Species boundaries; Xantusia

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

LIZARD; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; XANTUSIA; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 4544386077     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381404     Document Type: Article

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