Mitochondrial DNA sequences of the Afro-Arabian spiny-tailed lizards (genus Uromastyx; family Agamidae): Phylogenetic analyses and evolution of gene arrangements

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-260

  Amer, Sayed A M ^a,b   Kumazawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desert lizards; Gene organization; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; tRNA

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

AGAMIDAE; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX; UROMASTYX HARDWICKII; UROMASTYX OCELLATA;

EID: 20444384776     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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