Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs
Darwin first recognized the importance of episodic intercontinental dispersal in the establishment of worldwide biotic diversity. Faunal exchange across the Bering Land Bridge is a major example of such dispersal. Here, we demonstrate with mitochondrial DNA evidence that three independent dispersal...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0473 2024-06-02T08:04:18+00:00 Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs Robert Macey, J Schulte, James A Strasburg, Jared L Brisson, Jennifer A Larson, Allan Ananjeva, Natalia B Wang, Yuezhao Parham, James F Papenfuss, Theodore J 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0473 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0473 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0473 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Biology Letters volume 2, issue 3, page 388-392 ISSN 1744-9561 1744-957X journal-article 2006 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0473 2024-05-07T14:16:50Z Darwin first recognized the importance of episodic intercontinental dispersal in the establishment of worldwide biotic diversity. Faunal exchange across the Bering Land Bridge is a major example of such dispersal. Here, we demonstrate with mitochondrial DNA evidence that three independent dispersal events from Asia to North America are the source for almost all lizard taxa found in continental eastern North America. Two other dispersal events across Beringia account for observed diversity among North American ranid frogs, one of the most species-rich groups of frogs in eastern North America. The contribution of faunal elements from Asia via dispersal across Beringia is a dominant theme in the historical assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Land Bridge Beringia The Royal Society Biology Letters 2 3 388 392 |
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Darwin first recognized the importance of episodic intercontinental dispersal in the establishment of worldwide biotic diversity. Faunal exchange across the Bering Land Bridge is a major example of such dispersal. Here, we demonstrate with mitochondrial DNA evidence that three independent dispersal events from Asia to North America are the source for almost all lizard taxa found in continental eastern North America. Two other dispersal events across Beringia account for observed diversity among North American ranid frogs, one of the most species-rich groups of frogs in eastern North America. The contribution of faunal elements from Asia via dispersal across Beringia is a dominant theme in the historical assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna. |
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Robert Macey, J Schulte, James A Strasburg, Jared L Brisson, Jennifer A Larson, Allan Ananjeva, Natalia B Wang, Yuezhao Parham, James F Papenfuss, Theodore J |
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Robert Macey, J Schulte, James A Strasburg, Jared L Brisson, Jennifer A Larson, Allan Ananjeva, Natalia B Wang, Yuezhao Parham, James F Papenfuss, Theodore J Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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Robert Macey, J Schulte, James A Strasburg, Jared L Brisson, Jennifer A Larson, Allan Ananjeva, Natalia B Wang, Yuezhao Parham, James F Papenfuss, Theodore J |
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Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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Assembly of the eastern North American herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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assembly of the eastern north american herpetofauna: new evidence from lizards and frogs |
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