A molecular study of phylogenetic relationships and evolution of antipredator strategies in Australian Diplodactylus geckos, subgenus Strophurus

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-138

  Melville, Jane ^a,b   Schulte II, James A ^b   Larson, Allan ^b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Defensive display; Gekkonidae; Gekkota; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular systematics; Pygopodidae; Reptilia; Sauria

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COLOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

DIPLODACTYLUS; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; MYA; OEDURA; PYGOPODIDAE; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; STROPHURUS;

EID: 2442685727     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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