Fine-scale comparative phylogeography of a sympatric sister species triplet of subterranean diving beetles from a single calcrete aquifer in Western Australia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3683-3698

  Guzik, M T ^a   Cooper, S J B ^a,b   Humphreys, W F ^a,c   Austin, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative phylogeography; Dytiscid diving beetles; Isolating processes; Paroster macrosturtensis; Paroster mesosturtensis; Paroster microsturtensis; Population genetics; Speciation; Stygofauna; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE; PAROSTER;

EID: 69049098164     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04296.x     Document Type: Article

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