Molecular evidence for hybridization between two Australian desert skinks, Ctenotus leonhardii and Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus (Scincidae: Squamata)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-377

  Rabosky, Daniel L ^a,b   Talaba, Amanda L ^a,b   Donnellan, Stephen C ^c,d   Lovette, Irby J ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incomplete lineage sorting; Introgression; Nuclear markers; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Speciation; Species tree

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTRONS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CTENOTUS; CTENOTUS LEONHARDII; CTENOTUS QUATTUORDECIMLINEATUS; EGERNIA INORNATA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69049094794     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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