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SPECIATION RATES AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE IN FISHES: TESTS OF GRADUAL VERSUS RECTANGULAR MODES OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
Michael Edward Douglas,
John C. Avise,
Michael Edward Douglas
Department of Zoology and Department of Molecular and Population Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
Present address: Bureau of Biological Research, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.Search for more papers by this authorJohn C. Avise
Department of Zoology and Department of Molecular and Population Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Edward Douglas,
John C. Avise,
Michael Edward Douglas
Department of Zoology and Department of Molecular and Population Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
Present address: Bureau of Biological Research, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.Search for more papers by this authorJohn C. Avise
Department of Zoology and Department of Molecular and Population Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Editor: S. J. Gould
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