Parallel evolution of the melanic form of the California legless lizard, Anniella pulchra, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence variation

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1041-1046

  Pearse, Devon E ^a,b   Pogson, Grant H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anniella; Cytochrome b; Parallel evolution; Thermal melanism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANNIELLA; ANNIELLA PULCHRA; ANNIELLIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033942034     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00104.x     Document Type: Article

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