Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-256

  Poulakakis, N ^a   Lymberakis, P ^a   Tsigenopoulos, C S ^b   Magoulas, A ^b   Mylonas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Ablepharus kitaibelii; Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Scincidae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ABLEPHARUS; AVES; CRYPTOBLEPHARUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; SAURIA; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 11144266691     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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