A Phylogenetic analysis of pygmy perches (teleostei: Percichthyidae) with an assessment of the major historical influences on aquatic biogeography in Southern Australia

Systematic Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 797-812

  Unmack, Peter J ^a,b   Hammer, Michael P ^c,d   Adams, Mark ^d   Dowling, Thomas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; incongruence; introgression; mitochondrial replacement; molecular clock; Nannoperca; Nullarbor; Percichthyidaexz

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERCH; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCHES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; NANNATHERINA; NANNOPERCA; NANNOPERCA AUSTRALIS; NANNOPERCA OBSCURA; NANNOPERCA VITTATA; PERCICHTHYIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 80054890164     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr042     Document Type: Review

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