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Extensive Robertsonian rearrangement: implications for the radiation and biogeography of Planipapillus Reid (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae)

Date

Authors

Rowell, David M

Rockman, Matthew

Tait, Noel

Publisher

Zoological Society of London

Abstract

The remarkable diversity in chromosome number within Planipapillus Reid 1996, the most speciose genus of peripatopsid onychophorans, centred in the alpine region of south-eastern Australia is documented. Robertsonian, whole-arm rearrangements account for

Keywords

Keywords: biogeography; evolution; genetic variation; species diversity; Australia; Animalia; Invertebrata; Onychophora; Ooperipatellus; Peripatopsidae; Peripatus; Planipapillus; Robertsonia Biogeography; Centric fusion; Chromosomal speciation; Onychophora; Peripatus; Planipapillus; Robertsonian rearrangement

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/92746

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Zoology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1017/S0952836902000778