Phylogeny of the lizard subfamily lygosominae (Reptilia: Scincidae), with special reference to the origin of the New World Taxa

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Honda, Masanao ^a   Ota, Hidetoshi ^b   Köhler, Gunther ^c   Ineich, Ivan ^d   Chirio, Laurent ^d   Chen, Szu Lung ^e   Hikida, Tsutomu ^f  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e Taipei Zoo   (Taiwan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Lygosominae; Mabuya; Scincella; Sphenomorphus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION;

MABUYA; REPTILIA; SCINCELLA; SCINCIDAE; SPHENOMORPHUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037301288     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.71     Document Type: Article

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