Ancient mitochondrial DNA and morphology elucidate an extinct island radiation of Indian Ocean giant tortoises (Cylindraspis)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1485, 2001, Pages 2515-2523

  Austin, Jeremy J ^a   Arnold, E Nicholas ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Colonization; Cylindraspis; Giant tortoise; Island radiation; Mascarene islands

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA; EVOLUTION; REPTILE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYLINDRASPIS INDICA; CYLINDRASPIS INEPTA; CYLINDRASPIS PELTASTES; CYLINDRASPIS TRISERRATA; CYLINDRASPIS VOSMAERI; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; JAW; MASCARENE ISLAND; MAURITIUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REUNION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TURTLES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CYLINDRASPIS; CYLINDRASPIS INDICA; CYLINDRASPIS INEPTA; CYLINDRASPIS PELTASTES; CYLINDRASPIS TRISERRATA; CYLINDRASPIS VOSMAERI; PELTASTES; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53149136241     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1825     Document Type: Article

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