The challenge of species delimitation at the extremes: Diversification without morphological change in philippine sun skinks

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3556-3572

  Barley, Anthony J ^a   White, Jordan ^a   Diesmos, Arvin C ^b   Brown, Rafe M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

BP P; Cryptic species; Eutropis; GMYC; Lizard; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS;

PHILIPPINES;

EUTROPIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BP&P; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTIC SPECIES; EUTROPIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GMYC; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BP&P; CRYPTIC SPECIES; EUTROPIS; GMYC; LIZARD; MORPHOMETRICS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84888824954     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12219     Document Type: Article

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