Complex estimates of evolutionary relationships in Tarentola mauritanica (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 855-859

  Harris, D James ^a   Batista, Vasco ^a   Lymberakis, Petros ^b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Phylogeny; Tarentola mauritanica

Indexed keywords

GEKKONIDAE; REPTILIA; TARENTOLA; TARENTOLA ANGUSTIMENTALIS; TARENTOLA MAURITANICA;

EID: 1342332654     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00260-4     Document Type: Article

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