Phylogenetic relationships of Loxosceles and Sicarius spiders are consistent with Western Gondwanan vicariance

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 538-553

  Binford, Greta J ^a   Callahan, Melissa S ^a   Bodner, Melissa R ^a   Rynerson, Melody R ^a   Núñez, Pablo Berea ^b   Ellison, Christopher E ^a   Duncan, Rebecca P ^a  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Octolab   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Loxosceles; Sicarius; Spider; Venom; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RRNA; MARKOV CHAINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; SICARIIDAE;

EID: 55049133025     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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