Morphological, mitochondrial DNA and allozyme evolution in representative amphibians and reptiles inhabiting each side of the Strait of Gibraltar

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-461

  Busack, Stephen D ^a   Lawson, Robin ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Discordant character evolution; NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1; NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2; NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; AMPHIBIAN; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPTILE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHISBAENIA; AMPHISBAENIDAE; ANURA; BLANUS; BLANUS CINEREUS; COLUBRIDAE; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; DISCOGLOSSUS; DISCOGLOSSUS JEANNEAE; DISCOGLOSSUS PICTUS SCOVAZZI; GEOEMYDIDAE; HYLA; HYLA MERIDIONALIS; HYLIDAE; LACERTA; LACERTIDAE; LACERTOIDEA; MACROPROTODON; MACROPROTODON BREVIS; MAUREMYS; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; PODARCIS VAUCHERI; RANA PEREZI; RANA SAHARICA; RANIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 45249112150     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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