Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 856-873

  Kornilios, P ^a   Ilgaz, C ^b   Kumlutas Y ^b   Lymberakis, P ^c   Moravec, J ^d   Sindaco, R ^e   Rastegar Pouyani, N ^f   Afroosheh, M ^f   Giokas, S ^a   Fraguedakis Tsolis, S ^a   Chondropoulos, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e Istituto per le Piante da Legno e l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^f RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aridification; Aridity; Greek blindsnake; Molecular clock; Phylogeography; Typhlops vermicularis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SNAKES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; TYPHLOPS VERMICULARIS;

EID: 84856275683     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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