The history of a nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the nearctic toads (Bufo)

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2517-2535

  Pauly, Gregory B ^a   Hillis, David M ^a   Cannatella, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Biogeography; Heteroplasmy; Hypothesis testing; Mitochondrial ribosomal DNA; Parametric bootstrapping

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CRETACEOUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO; BUFONIDAE; ISTHMIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9244243682     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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