The genetic legacy of aridification: Climate cycling fostered lizard diversification in Australian montane refugia and left low-lying deserts genetically depauperate

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 750-759

  Pepper, Mitzy ^a   Ho, Simon Y W ^b   Fujita, Matthew K ^c   Scott Keogh, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Bayesian phylogenetic analysis; Biogeography; Desert; Phylogeography; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80055122097     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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