Matrix correspondence tests on the DNA phylogeny of the Tenerife lacertid elucidate both historical causes and morphological adaptation

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-343

  Thorpe, Roger S ^a   Black, Heather ^a   Malhotra, Anita ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canary Island lizards; Cytochrome b sequence; DGGE; Gallotia galloti; Historical hypotheses; Lacertidae; Lineage introgression; Molecular phylogeny; Partial Mantel tests

Indexed keywords

GALLOTIA GALLOTI; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030311541     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.3.335     Document Type: Article

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