Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace's Line

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1515, 2003, Pages 597-603

  Schulte II, James A ^a,c   Melville, Jane ^b   Larson, Allan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Biogeography; Gondwana; Molecular clock; Varanidae; Wallace's Line

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA;

AGAMIDAE; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 0242669298     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2272     Document Type: Article

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