Are reptile and amphibian species younger in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-226

  Dubey, S ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Interspecific diversification; Intraspecific diversification; Molecular dating; Northern Hemisphere; Reptile; Southern Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AMPHIBIAN; CLADISTICS; DATING METHOD; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; REPTILE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA;

EID: 83555176297     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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