Phylogeography of Phrynocephalus erythrurus from the Qiangtang Plateau of the Tibetan Plateau

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 933-940

  Jin, Yuan Ting ^a,b   Liu, Nai Fa ^b  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agamid; Biogeography; mtDNA; Phylogeny; Qiangtang Plateau; Tibet

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGAMIDAE; MYA; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 76449106328     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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