An exploration of species boundaries in turret-building tarantulas of the Mojave Desert (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae, Aphonopelma)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 327-340

  Hendrixson, Brent E ^a   DeRussy, Bernadette M ^a,c   Hamilton, Chris A ^b   Bond, Jason E ^b  

^a MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA barcoding; Integrative taxonomy; Mojave Desert; Niche based distribution models; Species delimitation; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

APHONOPELMA; ARANEAE; MYGALOMORPHAE; TARANTULA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 84870248602     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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