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Oliver PM, Donnellan SC, Gunn BF. Plio–Pleistocene vicariance across arid Australia in the ‘Spiny Knob-tailed Geckos’ (. AUST J ZOOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1071/zo22008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Across Australia’s monsoon tropics and vast arid zone isolated regions or ‘islands’ of upland or rocky habitat are home to disjunct populations of many taxa of plants and animals. Comparative analyses of lineages that occur across these habitat islands provide opportunities to understand when and how environmental change drove isolation and diversification across arid Australia. Here we present an analysis of mitochondrial genetic diversity across disjunct populations of geckos in the Nephrurus asper group. Dating analyses suggest that disjunct and genetically divergent populations spanning the northern half of Australia diverged through the Plio–Pleistocene. Based on the timing of divergence and current habitat associations we hypothesise that species in this lineage were isolated by the expansion of unsuitable arid-zone habitats from the late Pliocene onwards. Across most areas, these barriers appear to be sandy or stony deserts. However, in eastern Australia genetically divergent populations are separated by grassland on flat vertisol-dominated soils (‘blacksoils’), suggesting that these habitats also expanded during the late Pliocene aridification. Finally, we show that western Queensland populations formerly referred to N. asper are genetically divergent and diagnosable on the basis of colour pattern and, herein, recognise these populations as a distinct species. https://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9508CAAA-D014-452D-A3DA-325851615FA7
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Oliver PM, Rittmeyer EN, Torkkola J, Donnellan SC, Dahl C, Richards SJ. Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea. AUST J ZOOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1071/zo20071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Australia and New Guinea (together referred to as Sahul) were linked by land for much of the late Tertiary and share many biotic elements. However, New Guinea is dominated by rainforest, and northern Australia by savannah. Resolving patterns of biotic interchange between these two regions is critical to understanding the expansion and contraction of both habitat types. The green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) has a vast range across northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea. An assessment of mitochondrial and morphological diversity in this nominal taxon in New Guinea reveals two taxa. True Litoria caerulea occurs in disjunct savannahs of the Trans-Fly, Central Province and across northern Australia, with very low genetic divergence, implying late Pleistocene connectivity. A previously unrecognised taxon is endemic to New Guinea and widespread in lowland swampy rainforest. Date estimates for the divergence of the new species suggest Pliocene connectivity across lowland tropical habitats of northern Australia and New Guinea. In contrast, the new species shows shallow phylogeographic structuring across the central mountains of New Guinea, implying recent dispersal between the northern and southern lowlands. These results emphasise that the extent and connectivity of lowland rainforest and savannah environments across northern Australia and southern New Guinea have undergone profound shifts since the late Pliocene.
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A577A415-0B71-4663-B4C1-7271B97298CD
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Skipwith PL, Bi K, Oliver PM. Relicts and radiations: Phylogenomics of an Australasian lizard clade with east Gondwanan origins (Gekkota: Diplodactyloidea). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 140:106589. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Oliver PM, Ashman LG, Bank S, Laver RJ, Pratt RC, Tedeschi LG, Moritz CC. On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evol Biol 2019; 19:81. [PMID: 30894117 PMCID: PMC6427882 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1408-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Congruent patterns in the distribution of biodiversity between regions or habitats suggest that key factors such as climatic and topographic variation may predictably shape evolutionary processes. In a number of tropical and arid biomes, genetic analyses are revealing deeper and more localised lineage diversity in rocky ranges than surrounding habitats. Two potential drivers of localised endemism in rocky areas are refugial persistence through climatic change, or ecological diversification and specialisation. Here we examine how patterns of lineage and phenotypic diversity differ across two broad habitat types (rocky ranges and open woodlands) in a small radiation of gecko lizards in the genus Gehyra (the australis group) from the Australian Monsoonal Tropics biome. Results Using a suite of approaches for delineating evolutionarily independent lineages, we find between 26 and 41 putative evolutionary units in the australis group (versus eight species currently recognised). Rocky ranges are home to a greater number of lineages that are also relatively more restricted in distribution, while lineages in open woodland habitats are fewer, more widely distributed, and, in one case, show evidence of range expansion. We infer at least two shifts out of rocky ranges and into surrounding woodlands. Phenotypic divergence between rocky ranges specialist and more generalist taxa is detected, but no convergent evolutionary regimes linked to ecology are inferred. Conclusions In climatically unstable biomes such as savannahs, rocky ranges have functioned as zones of persistence, generators of diversity and a source of colonists for surrounding areas. Phenotypic divergence can also be linked to the use of differing habitat types, however, the extent to which ecological specialisation is a primary driver or secondary outcome of localised diversification remains uncertain. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-019-1408-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Paul M Oliver
- Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia. .,Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia. .,Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.,Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis, The Australian National University, 46 Sullivans Creek Road, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Rosauer DF, Byrne M, Blom MPK, Coates DJ, Donnellan S, Doughty P, Keogh JS, Kinloch J, Laver RJ, Myers C, Oliver PM, Potter S, Rabosky DL, Afonso Silva AC, Smith J, Moritz C. Real‐world conservation planning for evolutionary diversity in the Kimberley, Australia, sidesteps uncertain taxonomy. Conserv Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Dan F. Rosauer
- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
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- Science and Conservation Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions Kensington WA Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
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- Science and Conservation Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions Kensington WA Australia
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- South Australian Museum North Terrace Adelaide SA Australia
- School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide Adelaide SA Australia
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- Department of Terrestrial Zoology Western Australian Museum Welshpool WA Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
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- Science and Conservation Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions Kensington WA Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
- Department of Biosciences University of Melbourne Parkville VIC Australia
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- Dunkeld Pastoral Company Pty Ltd. Dunkeld VIC Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
- Australian Museum Research Institute Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Australian Wildlife Conservancy Mornington Sanctuary Derby WA Australia
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods Charles Darwin University Darwin NT Australia
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- Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Canberra, ACT Australia
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Moritz CC, Pratt RC, Bank S, Bourke G, Bragg JG, Doughty P, Keogh JS, Laver RJ, Potter S, Teasdale LC, Tedeschi LG, Oliver PM. Cryptic lineage diversity, body size divergence, and sympatry in a species complex of Australian lizards (
Gehyra
). Evolution 2017; 72:54-66. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.13380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Craig C. Moritz
- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- National Herbarium of New South Wales The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Sydney NSW Australia
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- Western Australian Museum Perth WA 6026 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- School of BioSciences The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia
- Department of Sciences Museum Victoria Carlton, Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum Sydney NSW Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- School of BioSciences The University of Melbourne Parkville VIC 3010 Australia
- Department of Sciences Museum Victoria Carlton, Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia
- National Collections & Marine Infrastructure, Australian National Insect Collection CSIRO Black Mountain Laboratories Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116, Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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Laver RJ, Nielsen SV, Rosauer DF, Oliver PM. Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 115:62-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Afonso Silva AC, Bragg JG, Potter S, Fernandes C, Coelho MM, Moritz C. Tropical specialist vs. climate generalist: Diversification and demographic history of sister species of
Carlia
skinks from northwestern Australia. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:4045-4058. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.14185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Ana C. Afonso Silva
- Research School of Biology and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Research School of Biology and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
- Royal Botanic Garden Sydney NSW Australia
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- Research School of Biology and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- cE3c ‐ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes Departamento de Biologia Animal Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal
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- Research School of Biology and Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Australian National University Acton ACT Australia
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Pepper M, Hamilton DG, Merkling T, Svedin N, Cser B, Catullo RA, Pryke SR, Keogh JS. Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia’s iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2017; 106:217-227. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Oliver PM, Laver RJ, De Mello Martins F, Pratt RC, Hunjan S, Moritz CC. A novel hotspot of vertebrate endemism and an evolutionary refugium in tropical Australia. DIVERS DISTRIB 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Paul M. Oliver
- Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics Research School of Biology & Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116 Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Department of Biosciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. 3010 Australia
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- Department of Biosciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. 3010 Australia
- Department of Sciences Museum Victoria Melbourne Vic. 3001 Australia
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- Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics Research School of Biology & Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116 Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics Research School of Biology & Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116 Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Department of Sciences Museum Victoria Melbourne Vic. 3001 Australia
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- Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics Research School of Biology & Centre for Biodiversity Analysis The Australian National University Building 116 Daley Road Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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Potter S, Bragg JG, Peter BM, Bi K, Moritz C. Phylogenomics at the tips: inferring lineages and their demographic history in a tropical lizard, Carlia amax. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:1367-80. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 12/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Sally Potter
- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton Act 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton Act 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton Act 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton Act 2601 Australia
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- Department of Integrative Biology; University of California; Berkeley CA 94720-3102 USA
- Department of Human Genetics; University of Chicago; Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Computational Genomics Resource Laboratory (CGRL); California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3); University of California; Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton Act 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton Act 2601 Australia
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Moritz C, Fujita MK, Rosauer D, Agudo R, Bourke G, Doughty P, Palmer R, Pepper M, Potter S, Pratt R, Scott M, Tonione M, Donnellan S. Multilocus phylogeography reveals nested endemism in a gecko across the monsoonal tropics of Australia. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:1354-66. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- C. Moritz
- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Department of Biology; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington TX 76019 USA
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Western Australian Museum; Welshpool WA 6986 Australia
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- Science & Conservation Division; Department of Parks and Wildlife; Woodvale WA 6026 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Research School of Biology; The Australian National University; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
- Centre for Biodiversity Analysis; Acton ACT 2601 Australia
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- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; University of California; Berkeley CA 94720-3102 USA
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- South Australian Museum; Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
- School of Biological Sciences; The University of Adelaide; Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
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