Dean H. Leavitt

Complex patterns of speciation in cosmopolitan “rock posy” lichens – Discovering and delimiting cryptic fungal species in the lichen-forming Rhizoplaca melanophthalma species-complex (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota)

Steven D. Leavitt, Johnathon D. Fankhauser, Dean H. Leavitt et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2011 · 102 citations

Biology, Fungal Diversity, Phylogenetics +9

Multilocus sequence data reveal dozens of putative cryptic species in a radiation of endemic Californian mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae)

Dean H. Leavitt, James Starrett, Michael Westphal et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2015 · 78 citations

Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod, Biodiversity +5

Multi‐locus DNA sequence data reveal a history of deep cryptic vicariance and habitat‐driven convergence in the desert night lizard <i>Xantusia vigilis</i> species complex (Squamata: Xantusiidae)

Dean H. Leavitt, Robert L. Bezy, Keith A. Crandall et al. · Molecular Ecology · 2007 · 48 citations

Multilocus phylogeny of alligator lizards ( Elgaria , Anguidae): Testing mtDNA introgression as the source of discordant molecular phylogenetic hypotheses

Dean H. Leavitt, Angela B. Marion, Bradford D. Hollingsworth et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution · 2017 · 44 citations

Biology, Phylogenetics, Molecular Ecology +11

Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae)

Ted M. Townsend, Dean H. Leavitt, Tod W. Reeder · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 40 citations