Molecular phylogenetics of the arboreal Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray 1842 (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae): Another plesiomorphic grade?

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Oliver, Paul M ^a,b   Bauer, Aaron M ^c   Greenbaum, Eli ^c,d   Jackman, Todd ^c   Hobbie, Tara ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalosia; Bayesian Inference; Hesperoedura gen. nov.; Maximum Likelihood; Nebulifera gen. nov.; Pygopodoidea

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA; RNA, MITOCHONDRIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; OEDURA;

EID: 84858073543     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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