Evolutionary pattern and process within the Vertigo gouldii (Mollusca: Pulmonata, Pupillidae) group of minute north american land snails

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1010-1024

  Nekola, Jeffrey C ^a   Coles, Brian F ^b   Bergthorsson, Ulfar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Evolutionary tempo; GMYC analysis; LASER analysis; Phylogeny; Range size; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA; PUPILLIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA; VERTIGO (GASTROPOD); VERTIGO MODESTA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAILS;

EID: 74949106765     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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