The phylogeny of the family Lacertidae (Reptilia) based on nuclear DNA sequences: Convergent adaptations to arid habitats within the subfamily Eremiainae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1155-1163

  Mayer, Werner ^a   Pavlicev, Mihaela ^a,b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Eremiainae; Lacertidae; Lacertinae; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MOS; GENES, RAG-1; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

GALLOTIA; GALLOTIINAE; LACERTA; LACERTIDAE; LACERTINAE; PSAMMODROMUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS;

EID: 34547874971     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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