Biogeography and diversification of hermit spiders on Indian Ocean islands (Nephilidae: Nephilengys)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 477-488

  Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,b   Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b,c  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cenozoic dispersal; Comoros; Madagascar; Mascarenes; Nephila; Phylogeography; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; NEPHILENGYS; QUADRULA AUREA; RAPHUS CUCULLATUS;

EID: 79955080458     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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