Multilocus phylogeny and rapid radiations in Neotropical cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1070-1086

  López Fernández, Hernán ^a,b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^c   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Central America; Molecular phylogeny; Neotropical cichlids; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CICHLID; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CICHLIDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77953171186     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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