Molecular survey of morphological subspecies reveals new mitochondrial lineages in Podarcis muralis (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-250

  Bellati, Adriana ^a   Pellitteri Rosa, Daniele ^a   Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Nistri, Annamaria ^b   Galimberti, Andrea ^c   Casiraghi, Maurizio ^c   Fasola, Mauro ^a   Galeotti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common wall lizard; Cytochrome b; Insular populations; Mediterranean islands; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Subspecies; Tuscan Archipelago

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMETRY; CYTOCHROME; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79960077850     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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