A multilocus phylogeny of Malagasy scincid lizards elucidates the relationships of the fossorial genera Androngo and Cryptoscincus

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 345-350

  Crottini, Angelica ^a,b   Dordel, Janina ^c   Köhler, Jörn ^d   Glaw, Frank ^e   Schmitz, Andreas ^f   Vences, Miguel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^e ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^f MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Androngo; Cryptoscincus; Madagascar; Molecular phylogeny; New synonym; Paracontias; Pygomeles; Scincidae; Squamata

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MADAGASCAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANDRONGO; ANDRONGO TRIVITTATUS; PARACONTIAS; PYGOMELES; PYGOMELES BRACONNIERI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 68049139241     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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