Authors
Elizabeth Suatoni, Saverio Vicario, Sean Rice, Terry Snell, Adalgisa Caccone
Publication date
2006/10/1
Journal
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
86-98
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
Since the advent of molecular phylogenetics, there is increasing evidence that many small aquatic and marine invertebrates—once believed to be single, cosmopolitan species—are in fact cryptic species complexes. Although the application of the biological species concept is central to the identification of species boundaries in these cryptic complexes, tests of reproductive isolation do not frequently accompany phylogenetic studies. Because different species concepts generally identify different boundaries in cryptic complexes, studies that apply multiple species concepts are needed to gain a more detailed understanding of patterns of diversification in these taxa. Here we explore different methods of empirically delimiting species boundaries in the salt water rotifer Brachionus plicatilis by comparing reproductive data (i.e., the traditional biological species concept) to phylogenetic data (the genealogical species …
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E Suatoni, S Vicario, S Rice, T Snell, A Caccone - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006