Comparing alignment methods for inferring the history of the new world lizard genus Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 719-730

  Whiting, Alison S ^a   Sites Jr , Jack W ^a   Pellegrino, Katia C M ^b   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alignment; Direct optimization; Mabuya; Molecular phylogeny; Oceanic dispersal

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LIZARD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA PRIMERS; LIZARDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MABUYA; MABUYA AGILIS; MABUYA BISTRIATA; MABUYA HEATHI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33244484354     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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