Inferring the evolutionary history of divergence despite gene flow in a lizard species, Scincella lateralis (Scincidae), composed of cryptic lineages

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 192-209

  Jackson, Nathan D ^a   Austin, Christopher C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Dispersal; Incomplete lineage sorting; Migration divergence; Nuclear DNA; Phylogenetic inference; Pleistocene; Refugia; Simulation; South eastern USA

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLOPATRY; ANCESTRY; CRYPSIS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIZARD; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864859085     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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