Rapid Speciation, Morphological Evolution, and Adaptation to Extreme Environments in South African Sand Lizards (Meroles) as Revealed by Mitochondrial Gene Sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Harris, D James ^a   Arnold, E Nicholas ^a   Thomas, Richard H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12S rDNA; 16S rDNA; Lacertidae; Meroles; Pedioplanis; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032134160     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0463     Document Type: Article

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