Latitude, elevation and the tempo of molecular evolution in mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1671, 2009, Pages 3353-3359

  Gillman, Len N ^a   Keeling, D Jeanette ^b   Ross, Howard A ^b   Wright, Shane D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ectotherms; Endotherms; Metabolic rate; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; ECTOTHERMY; ELEVATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAMINIFERA; GENETIC DRIFT; LATITUDE; MAMMAL; MUTAGENICITY; PREDICTION; RED QUEEN HYPOTHESIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENETIC DRIFT; HABITAT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; LATITUDE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FORAMINIFERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349431204     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0674     Document Type: Article

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