The evolution of South American endemic canids: A history of rapid diversification and morphological parallelism

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Perini, F A ^a   Russo, C A M ^a   Schrago, C G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Canidae; Divergence time; Great American Interchange; Hypercarnivory; Relaxed molecular clock

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANID; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TIMESCALE;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 74349086784     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01901.x     Document Type: Article

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