Baird's pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) is found in eastern Texas, eastern Oklahoma, central and western Arkansas, and western Louisiana. The cytochrome-b gene was sequenced and analyzed for 16 pocket gophers from throughout the range of the species. Similar phylogenetic trees were obtained using maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood, neighbor-joining, and Bayesian analyses. Two major clades were formed with northern individuals belonging to clade I and southern individuals belonging to clade II. G. b. sagittalis was paraphyletic in relation to G. b. breviceps in all analyses. Based on inconsistencies between the taxonomic classification and systematic relationships within Baird's pocket gopher, a taxonomic restructuring appears warranted.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc30438 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Bodine, Deanna Martinez |
| Contributors | Beitinger, Thomas L., Dzialowski, Edward M. (Edward Michael), Sudman, Philip D. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 30 p. : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Bodine, Deanna Martinez, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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