Twigs on the tree of life? Neutral and selective models for integrating macroevolutionary patterns with microevolutionary processes in the analysis of asexuality

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-42

  Schwander, Tanja ^a   Crespi, Bernard J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asexual lineage speciation; Asexuality; Evolutionary dead end

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

EID: 58149100747     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03992.x     Document Type: Review

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