Molecular evidence for the phylogeny of Australian gekkonoid lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-118

  Donnellan, Stephen C ^a   Hutchinson, Mark N ^a   Saint, Kathleen M ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gekkonidae; Gekkota; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular systematics; Nuclear gene; Pygopodidae; Reptile; Sauria

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; CARPHODACTYLINI; DIPLODACTYLINAE; DIPLODACTYLINI; EUBLEPHARINAE; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKONINAE; GEKKOTA; OEDURA; PYGOPODIDAE; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0032982034     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0291     Document Type: Article

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