Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and insights into the origin of parthenogenesis in the Neotropical genus Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): Ancient links between the Atlantic Forest and Amazonia

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 446-459

  Pellegrino, Katia C M ^a,b   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^b   James Harris, D ^c   Yonenaga Yassuda, Yatiyo ^b   Sites, Jack W ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Atlantic Forest; Gymnophthalmidae; Historical biogeography; Leposoma; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PANAMA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; PANAMA; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANOTOSAURA VANZOLINIA; COLOBOSAUROIDES CEARENSIS; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; LEPOSOMA; LEPOSOMA PERCARINATUM; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80052813918     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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