A molecular phylogeny for the South African limbless lizard taxa of the subfamily Acontinae (Sauria: Scincidae) with special emphasis on relationships within Acontias

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 315-323

  Daniels, Savel R ^a   Heideman, Neil ^b   Hendricks, Martin ^c   Willson, Brian ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d Western Cape Education Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

16S rRNA mtDNA; Acontinae Acontias; COI; Limbless skink; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACONTIAS; ACONTIAS GRACILICAUDA; ACONTIAS LINEATUS; ACONTIAS MELEAGRIS; ACONTIAS PERCIVALI; ACONTOPHIOPS LINEATUS; MELEAGRIS; SAURIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TYPHLOSAURUS;

EID: 0036040558     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00217-8     Document Type: Article

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