Speciation in the Emerald Toucanet (*Aulacorhynchus prasinus*) complex
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2008-01Author
Puebla-Olivares, Fernando
Bonaccorso, Elisa
Monteros, Alejandro Espinosa de los
Omland, Kevin E.
Llorente-Bousquets, Jeorge E.
Peterson, A. Townsend
Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.
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University of California Press
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Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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January 2008, Vol. 125, No. 1, Pages 39–50 , DOI 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.39
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We analyzed genetic variation in the Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus), a species complex that ranges
primarily along the montane forests of southern and eastern Mexico south to Bolivia. Segments of three mitochondrial DNA genes
(cytochrome b, ND2, and ND3) were sequenced for a total of 1,159 base pairs. Using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and
Bayesian analysis,we found a set of seven differentiated populations that correspond to clear geographic breaks throughout the highlands
of the Neotropics. These genetically distinct populations also correspond with the geographic breaks found in previous analyses of
morphological data. Molecular evidence suggests species treatment for four of the Central American clades and three South American
clades. Received 19 June 2006, accepted 28 January 2007.
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Puebla-Olivares, F., E. Bonaccorso, A. Espinosa de los Monteros, K. E. Omland, J. E. Llorente-Bousquets, A. T. Peterson, and A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza. 2007. Speciation in the Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) complex. Auk 125:39-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.39
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