Phylogeography of skinks (Chalcides) in the Canary Islands inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1183-1191

  Brown, R P ^a   Pestano, J ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Colonization; Evolution; Island; Lizard; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CANARY ISLANDS; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS); VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHALCIDES; CHALCIDES MIONECTON; CHALCIDES POLYLEPIS; CHALCIDES SEXLINEATUS; CHALCIDES SIMONYI; CHALCIDES VIRIDANUS; MAMMALIA; POLYLEPIS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032167445     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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