| lineage divergence and speciation in the web-toed salamanders (plethodontidae: hydromantes) of the sierra nevada, california. | peripatric speciation and the importance of founder effects have long been controversial, and multilocus sequence data and coalescent methods now allow hypotheses of peripatric speciation to be tested in a rigorous manner. using a multilocus phylogeographical data set for two species of salamanders (genus hydromantes) from the sierra nevada of california, hypotheses of recent divergence by peripatric speciation and older, allopatric divergence were tested. phylogeographical analysis revealed two ... | 2010 | 20854412 |