Phylogeny and biogeography of Philippine bent-toed geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) contradict a prevailing model of Pleistocene diversification

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 699-710

  Siler, Cameron D ^a   Oaks, Jamie R ^a   Esselstyn, Jacob A ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Biogeography; Diversification; Gene tree conflict; Islands; Pleistocene aggregate island diversification model; Sea level fluctuations; Species trees

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CYRTODACTYLUS; GEKKONIDAE; GONATODES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950028989     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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