| comparative phylogeography of woodland reptiles in california: repeated patterns of cladogenesis and population expansion. | the ultimate goal of comparative phylogeographical analyses is to infer processes of diversification from contemporary geographical patterns of genetic diversity. when such studies are employed across diverse groups in an array of communities, it may be difficult to discover common evolutionary and ecological processes associated with diversification. in order to identify taxa that have responded in a similar fashion to historical events, we conducted comparative phylogeographical analyses on a ... | 2006 | 16780435 |