Genetic divergence and evolution of reproductive isolation in eastern Mediterranean water frogs

Evolution in Action: Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 373-403

  Plötner, Jörg ^a   Uzzell, Thomas ^b   Beerli, Peter ^c   AkIn, Çiʇdem ^d   Bilgin, C Can ^d   Haefeli, Cornelia ^e   Ohst, Torsten ^a   Köhler, Frank ^a,f   Schreiber, Robert ^a   Guex, Gaston Denis ^e   Litvinchuk, Spartak N ^g   Westaway, Rob ^h,i   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^e   Pruvost, Nicolas ^f   Hotz, Hansjürg ^a,e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Academy of Natural Sciences   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^g INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antihybridization mechanisms; Divergence time; Eastern mediterranean; Genetic diversity; Genetic incompatibilities; Geology; Pelophylax (Rana); Speciation; Water frogs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920138378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12425-9_18     Document Type: Chapter

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