Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-344

  Raselimanana, Achille P ^a   Noonan, Brice ^b   Karanth, K Praveen ^c   Gauthier, Jacques ^d   Yoder, Anne D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cryptic species; Gerrhosauridae; Madagascar; Phylogeny; Tracheloptychus; Zonosaurus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MADAGASCAR; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GERRHOSAURIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRACHELOPTYCHUS; ZONOSAURUS;

EID: 58049137923     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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