Karyological and genetic variation in Middle Eastern lacertid lizards, Lacerta laevis and the Lacerta kulzeri complex: A case of chromosomal allopatric speciation

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-178

  In Den Bosch, Herman A J ^a   Odierna, Gaetano ^b   Aprea, Gennaro ^b   Barucca, Marco ^c   Canapa, Adriana ^c   Capriglione, Teresa ^b   Olmo, Ettore ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Chromosomal speciation; Cytochrome b; Karyotypes; Lacerta kulzeri; Lacertid lizards; Sex chromosomes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; KARYOTYPING; LIZARD; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; KARYOTYPING; LIZARDS; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; LACERTA KULZERI; LACERTA LAEVIS; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037271680     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022872016503     Document Type: Article

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