Relationships of Afroablepharus Greer, 1974 skinks from the Gulf of Guinea islands based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA: Patterns of colonization and comments on taxonomy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 904-914

  Jesus, José ^a   James Harris, D ^b   Brehm, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

12S rDNA; 16S rDNA; Afroablepharus; Annobon; C mos; Cytochrome b; Gulf of Guinea; Panaspis; Pr ncipe; S o Tom

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA; HAPLOTYPE; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; SEA; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; GEOGRAPHY; GNATHOSTOMA; GUINEA; HAPLOTYPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY;

AFROABLEPHARUS; HEMIDACTYLUS; MABUYA; PANASPIS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 36048965786     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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