Systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical genus Mabuya, with special emphasis on the Amazonian skink Mabuya nigropunctata (Reptilia, Scincidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 857-869

  Miralles, A ^a,b   Carranza, S ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biogeography; Diversification; DNA contamination; Mabuya; Orinoco; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MABUYA; MABUYA BISTRIATA; MABUYA NIGROPUNCTATA; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 76449118856     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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