| 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 |
| phylogeography of the california mountain kingsnake, lampropeltis zonata (colubridae). | the phylogeography of the california mountain kingsnake, lampropeltis zonata, was studied using mitochondrial dna sequences from specimens belonging to the seven recognized subspecies and collected throughout the range of the species. maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods identified a basal split within l. zonata that corresponds to southern and northern segments of its distribution. the southern clade is composed of populations from southern california (usa) and northern baja califor ... | 1999 | 10620235 |