Mitochondrial DNA sequence data suggests two independent colonizations of the Comoros archipelago by Chameleons of the genus Furcifer

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-42

  Rocha, Sara ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a   Harris, David James ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chamaeleonidae; Colonization; Comoros; Furcifer cephalolepis; Furcifer polleni; Molecular clock; ND4

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; FURCIFER; REPTILIA;

EID: 31844445431     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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