Status and relationships of the extinct giant Canary Island lizard Gallotia goliath (Reptilia: Lacertidae), assessed using ancient mtDNA from its mummified remains

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 659-670

  Maca Meyer, N ^a   Carranza, S ^b   Rando, J C ^a   Arnold, E N ^b   Cabrera, V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Ancient DNA; Cytochrome b; Evolution; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

GALLOTIA; GALLOTIA GOLIATH; GALLOTIA GOMERANA; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0348011464     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2003.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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