Multilocus phylogeny of alligator lizards (Elgaria, Anguidae): Testing mtDNA introgression as the source of discordant molecular phylogenetic hypotheses

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 110, Issue , 2017, Pages 104-121

  Leavitt, Dean H ^a   Marion, Angela B ^a   Hollingsworth, Bradford D ^a,b   Reeder, Tod W ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator lizards; Baja California; Discordance; Introgression; North America; Species tree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC LOCI; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85015701493     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.010     Document Type: Article

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