Molecular Signatures of Neogene Biogeographical Events in the Amazon Fish Fauna

Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A look into the past

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 405-417

  Lovejoy, Nathan R ^a   Willis, Stuart C ^b   Albert, James S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian fish biogeography and morphology taxonomy based studies; Amazonian ichthyofauna core of Neotropical freshwater region; Biogeography of Amazonian fishes cladistic analyses of individual clades; Molecular data and species identity challenging task; Molecular genetics in biogeography pioneering stages; Molecular genetics to biogeography species limits and phylogenetic relationships; Molecular signatures of Neogene biogeographical events in Amazon fish fauna; Molecular signatures of Neogene palaeogeographic events; Novel phylogenetic methods and data sets central to biogeographical understanding; South American Platform, ancient block of continental crust underlying Amazonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886212825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306408.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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