Phylogenetic relationships of Mesobuthus eupeus (C.L. Koch, 1839) inferred from COI sequences (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 2851-2872

  Mirshamsi, Omid ^a,b   Sari, Alireza ^b   Elahi, Elahe ^a   Hosseinie, Shidokht ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buthidae; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit i; Iran; Mesobuthus eupeus; Scorpions; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLATEAU; SPECIES COMPLEX; SUBSPECIES;

IRAN;

BUTHIDAE; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 78549287881     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.512400     Document Type: Article

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