Meroles revisited: Complementary systematic inference from additional mitochondrial genes and complete taxon sampling of southern Africa's desert lizards

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 360-364

  Lamb, Trip ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MEROLES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1642360984     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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