A molecular phylogeny of nephilid spiders: Evolutionary history of a model lineage

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 961-979

  Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,b,c   Arnedo, Miquel A ^d   Trontelj, Peter ^e   Lokovšek, Tjaša ^a   Agnarsson, Ingi ^b,f  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coevolution; Female gigantism; Nephila; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; NEPHILA; NEPHILA CLAVATA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NEPHILA PILIPES; NEPHILENGYS; ORBICULARIA;

RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COEVOLUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GIGANTISM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEPHILA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEVOLUTION; FEMALE GIGANTISM; NEPHILA; SEXUAL SELECTION; SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FOSSILS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPIDERS;

EID: 84884591146     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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