The timing of neotropical speciation dynamics: A reconstruction of myiopagis flycatcher diversification using phylogenetic and paleogeographic data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 961-971

  Rheindt, Frank E ^a,b   Christidis, Les ^b,c   Cabanne, Gustavo S ^d   Miyaki, Cristina ^d   Norman, Janette A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Radiation; Rate of nucleotide evolution; Speciation dynamics; Tempo; Tyrannidae; Tyrant flycatchers

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYIOPAGIS; TYRANNIDAE;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDEL MUTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 74949089137     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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