The provenance of type specimens of extinct Mascarene island giant tortoises (Cylindraspis) revealed by ancient mitochondrial DNA sequences

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 280-285

  Austin, Jeremy J ^a   Arnold, E Nicholas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CYLINDRASPIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0036290684     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0280:TPOTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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