Phylogeographical and speciation patterns in subterranean worm lizards of the genus Blanus (Amphisbaenia: Blanidae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1519-1531

  Albert, E M ^a   Zardoya, R ^a   Garcia Paris M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenia; Blanus; Iberian Peninsula; Molecular clock; mtDNA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHISBAENIA; BLANUS; BLANUS CINEREUS; BLANUS STRAUCHI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33947496368     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03248.x     Document Type: Article

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