Did Vicariance Mold Phenotypes of Western North American Fishes? Evidence from Gila River Cyprinids

@article{citeulike:684609, abstract = {Pairwise, two- and three-way Mantel tests were used to evaluate a null hypothesis of no significant covariation when morphological features of three cyprinid fish taxa of the genus Gila were compared. Tests involved ecological conditions and past and present hydrography in the Gila River Basin of western North America. A vicariance hypothesis was the only model statistically proficient in explaining diversity of fish phenotypes. Of paleohydrographic reconstructions compared, those of the mid-Miocene and Pliocene epochs were significantly associated with present-day distributions of phenotypes. Of these, the Pliocene was paramount.}, author = {Douglas, Michael E. and Minckley, W. L. and Demarais, Bruce D.}, citeulike-article-id = {684609}, journal = {Evolution}, keywords = {america, fishes, genus, geologic, gila, history, hydrography, mantel, north, test, vicariance, western}, number = {1}, pages = {238--246}, posted-at = {2006-06-05 17:58:41}, priority = {0}, title = {Did Vicariance Mold Phenotypes of Western North American Fishes? Evidence from Gila River Cyprinids}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2640936}, volume = {53}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:684609 L3 - citeulike-article-id:684609 N2 - Pairwise, two- and three-way Mantel tests were used to evaluate a null hypothesis of no significant covariation when morphological features of three cyprinid fish taxa of the genus Gila were compared. Tests involved ecological conditions and past and present hydrography in the Gila River Basin of western North America. A vicariance hypothesis was the only model statistically proficient in explaining diversity of fish phenotypes. Of paleohydrographic reconstructions compared, those of the mid-Miocene and Pliocene epochs were significantly associated with present-day distributions of phenotypes. Of these, the Pliocene was paramount. IS - 1 JF - Evolution EP - 246 TI - Did Vicariance Mold Phenotypes of Western North American Fishes? Evidence from Gila River Cyprinids VL - 53 SP - 238 KW - america KW - fishes KW - genus KW - geologic KW - gila KW - history KW - hydrography KW - mantel KW - north KW - test KW - vicariance KW - western AU - Douglas, Michael AU - Minckley, WL AU - Demarais, Bruce PY - 1999/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2640936 ER -