Defining evolutionary boundaries across parapatric ecomorphs of Black Salamanders (Aneides flavipunctatus) with conservation implications

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5745-5761

  Reilly, Sean B ^a   Marks, Sharyn B ^a   Jennings, W Bryan ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anonymous nuclear loci; demography; gene flow; mitochondrial DNA; population delimitation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES; URODELA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; URODELA;

ANEIDES FLAVIPUNCTATUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84870252697     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12068     Document Type: Article

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