Dispersal to or from an African biodiversity hotspot?

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1904-1915

  Blackburn, D C ^a   Measey, G J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arthroleptidae; Mitochondrial genetics; Phylogenetic comparative methods; Phylogeography; Range expansion; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARTHROLEPTIDAE; ARTHROLEPTIS; AVES;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANURA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 65549129934     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04156.x     Document Type: Article

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