Comparison of phylogeographic structure and population history of two Phrynocephalus species in the Tarim Basin and adjacent areas

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1091-1104

  Zhang, Qian ^a,c   Xia, Lin ^a   He, Jingbo ^a   Wu, Yonghua ^a   Fu, Jinzhong ^b   Yang, Qisen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Desert expansion; Habitat fragmentation; Phrynocephalus lizards; River system; Tarim Basin

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; LIZARDS; OVIPARITY; OVOVIVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PHRYNOCEPHALUS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS AXILLARIS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS FORSYTHII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78649691240     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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