Phylogeny, species limits, and biogeography of the Brazilian lizards of the genus Eurolophosaurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-414

  Passoni, José Carlos ^a   Benozzati, Maria Lúcia ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

12S; 16S; Biogeography; Brazil; COI; Cyt b; Divergence times; Eurolophosaurus; mtDNA phylogeny; Rio S o Francisco sand dunes; Species limits; Tropiduridae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUROLOPHOSAURUS; EUROLOPHOSAURUS DIVARICATUS; EUROLOPHOSAURUS NANUZAE; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 39149133186     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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