Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: Evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1151-1166

  Smith, Sarah A ^a   Sadlier, Ross A ^b   Bauer, Aaron M ^a   Austin, Christopher C ^c   Jackman, Todd ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Lord Howe Island; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Phylogeny; Scincidae; Tasmantis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; ND5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MOS; LIZARDS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGAMIDAE; CRYPTOBLEPHARUS; EMOIA; EUGONGYLUS; LAUDAKIA; LIOSCINCUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248643728     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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