A molecular phylogeny of the eastern group of ocellated lizard genus Timon (Sauria: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Ahmadzadeh, Faraham ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel Angel ^c   Harris, D James ^c   Perera, Ana ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

lacertid lizards; mtDNA; nDNA; phylogeny; Timon kurdistanicus; Timon princeps

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; UPLIFT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ZAGROS;

LACERTA; LACERTIDAE; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84865842058     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853811X619718     Document Type: Article

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