Comparative phylogeography of three skink species (Oligosoma moco, O. smithi, O. suteri; Reptilia: Scincidae) in northeastern New Zealand

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 303-315

  Hare, Kelly M ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a   Chapple, David G ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Glacial cycles; Lizard; Mitochondrial DNA; ND2; Northland

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

OLIGOSOMA MOCO; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 37249084002     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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