Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-80

  Fritz, Uwe ^a   Harris, D James ^b   Fahd, Soumia ^c   Rouag, Rachid ^d   Martínez, Eva Graciá ^e   Casalduero, Andrés Giménez ^e   Široký, Pavel ^f   Kalboussi, Mohsen ^g   Jdeidi, Tarek B ^h   Hundsdörfer, Anna K ^a  

^a DNA Laboratory   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d University of El Tarf   (Algeria)

^e Edificio Torreblanca   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^g Sylvo Pastoral Institute of Tabarka   (Tunisia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Algeria; Cytochrome b gene; Italy; Libya; Morocco; Spain; Testudinidae; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SUBGROUP B; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 60449103921     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809787392702     Document Type: Article

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