Molecular systematics of fishes
By: edited by Thomas D. Kocher, Carol A. Stepien.
Contributors: Kocher, Thomas D.; Stepien, Carol A.
Publisher: Academic Press
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Fishes -- Phylogeny.; Fishes -- Molecular aspects.
Notes: 1
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: TOCContents; title: Contributors; title: Preface; title: CHChapter 1. Molecules and Morphology in Studies of Fish Evolution; title: I. Introduction; title: II. History of Molecular Techniques; title: III. Controversy over Analytical Methods; title: IV. Achievements and Failures of Molecular Systematics; title: V. Eight Promising Directions for Future Research; title: VI. A New Age of Synthesis; title: References; title: CHChapter 2. Base Substitution in Fish Mitochondrial DNA: Patterns and Rates; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Simple Models of Substitution; title: III. Evolution of Real Sequences; title: IV. Implications for Phylogenetic Reconstruction; title: V. Conclusions; title: References; title: CHChapter 3. Molecular Systematics of a Rapidly Evolving Species Flock: The mbuna of Lake Malawi and the Search for Phylogenetic Signal; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Molecular Investigations; title: III. Mitochondrial DNA and Ancestral Polymorphisms; title: IV. Alternate Molecular Approaches; title: V. Microsatellite Loci; title: VI. A Test of the Phylogenetic Potential of Microsatellites; title: VII. Materials and Methods; title: VIII. Results; title: IX. Discussion; title: X. Summary; title: References; title: CHChapter 4. Reconstruction of Cichlid Phylogeny Using Nuclear DNA Markers; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Methods Used for Reconstructing Cichlid Phylogeny; title: III. Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD); title: IV. Allele Size Frequencies at Dinucleotide Microsatellite Loci; title: V. Critical Evaluation Using RAPD and Microsatellite Allele Frequencies for the Reconstruction of Cichlid Fish Phylogeny; title: References; title: CHChapter 5. Biogeographic Analysis of Pacific Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in California and Mexico Based on Mitochondrial DNA and Nuclear Microsatellites; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Materials and Methods; title: III. Results; title: IV. Discussion; title: References; title: Appendices; title: CHChapter 6. Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation among the Sand Darters (Percidae: Teleostei); title: I. Introduction; title: II. Systematics of Sand Darters; title: III. Methods and Materials; title: IV. Results; title: V. Discussion; title: VI. Summary; title: References; title: Appendices; title: CHChapter 7. Phylogeographic Patterns in Populations of Cichlid Fishes from Rocky Habitats in Lake Tanganyika; title: I. Lake Tanganyika and Its Cichlid Species Flock; title: II. Speciation and DNA; title: III. From Patterns toward an Understanding of Processes; title: IV. Conclusions; title: References; title: CHChapter 8. Fish Biogeography and Molecular Clocks: Perspectives from the Panamanian Isthmus; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Temporal Scaling: The Panama Isthmus and Molecular Clocks; title: III. Geographic Scaling: The Panama Isthmus and Caribbean Fish; title: IV. Geographic Scaling: The Panama Isthmus and the Circumtropical Abudefduf (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) Species Group; title: V. Geographic Scaling: The Panama Isthmus and Neotropical Freshwater Fishes; title: VI. Concluding Remarks; title: References; title: CHChapter 9. The Utility of Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences for Analyzing Phylogenetic Relationships among Populations, Species, and Genera of the Percidae; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Materials and Methods; title: III. Results; title: IV