Large geographic range size reflects a patchwork of divergent lineages in the long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2276-2287

  Lee Yaw, J A ^a   Irwin, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Cryptic species; Pacific Northwest; Phylogeography; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPHIBIAN; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POLYMORPHISM; RANGE SIZE; REFUGIUM; TAXONOMY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84868194007     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02604.x     Document Type: Article

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