A multimarker phylogeography of crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies) reveals cryptic species

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-175

  Wielstra, B ^a,b   Baird, A B ^c   Arntzen, J W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical biogeography; Introgression; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear DNA; Species delineation; Species tree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRITURUS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRITURUS;

SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 84873718216     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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