Molecular phylogeny of the Greek legless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata: Scincidae): The impact of the Mid-Aegean trench in its phylogeography

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Poulakakis, N ^a,b   Pakaki, V ^b   Mylonas, M ^b   Lymberakis, P ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; mtDNA; Ophiomorus punctatissimus; Phylogeography; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

OPHIOMORUS PUNCTATISSIMUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 41049088186     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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