Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 327-335

  Röll, Beate ^a   Pröhl, Heike ^b   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Gekkonidae; Lygodactylus; Madagascar; Partitioned Bayesian analysis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIZARD; MADAGASCAR; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARDS; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GEKKONIDAE; LYGODACTYLUS; SPHAERODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953129095     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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