Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-200

  Mott, Tamí ^a   Vieites, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphisbaenidae; Molecular phylogeny; Morphological homoplasy; South America; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMPHISBAENA; AMPHISBAENIA; AMPHISBAENIDAE; ANOPS; AULURA; LEPOSTERNON; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67349223550     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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