Species boundaries in Malagasy snakes of the genus Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Colubridae sensu lato) assessed by nuclear and mitochondrial markers

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-251

  Nagy, Zoltán Tamás ^a   Glaw, Frank ^b   Andreone, Franco ^c   Wink, Michael ^d   Vences, Miguel ^e  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^c MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Madagascarophis; mtDNA; Nuclear DNA; Phylogeography; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SNAKE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

COLUBRIDAE; MADAGASCAROPHIS; MADAGASCAROPHIS COLUBRINUS; MADAGASCAROPHIS MERIDIONALIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 35649002020     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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