Contrasting patterns of phylogeographic relationships in sympatric sister species of ironclad beetles (Zopheridae: <it>Phloeodes </it>spp.) in California's Transverse Ranges

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comparative phylogeography of sympatric sibling species provides an opportunity to isolate the effects of geography and demographics on the evolutionary history of two lineages over the same, known time scale. In the current study, w...

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Main Authors: Caterino Michael S, Polihronakis Maxi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/195