Phylogenetic relationships and rate of early diversification of Australian Sphenomorphus group scincids (Scincoidea, Squamata)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 347-366

  Skinner, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; ATP synthetase subunit intron; Lygosominae; ND4; Polytomy; Skink

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; RNA;

ANOMALOPUS; CALYPTOTIS; COERANOSCINCUS RETICULATUS; CTENOTUS; EULAMPRUS AMPLUS; EULAMPRUS QUOYII; EULAMPRUS TENUIS; GLAPHYROMORPHUS; GLAPHYROMORPHUS GRACILIPES; GNYPETOSCINCUS; HEMIERGIS; LERISTA; NANGURA; OPHIOSCINCUS; SAIPHOS; SCINCIDAE; SCINCOIDEA; SPHENOMORPHUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548734179     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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