First molecular phylogeny of the circumtropical bivalve family Pinnidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): Evidence for high levels of cryptic species diversity

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-23

  Lemer, Sarah ^a   Buge, Barbara ^b   Bemis, Amanda ^c   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diversification; Morphological stasis; Penshell; Phenotypic plasticity; Pteriomorphia

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIVALVE; CLASSIFICATION; DIVERSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL STASIS; PENSHELL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENY; PTERIOMORPHIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIVERSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL STASIS; PENSHELL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PTERIOMORPHIA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIVALVIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84897712528     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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