Species history and divergence times of viviparous and oviparous Chinese toad-headed sand lizards (Phrynocephalus) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-268

  Jin, Y T ^a   Brown, R P ^b  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divergence time; Nuclear DNA; Phrynocephalus; Phylogenetics; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REPTILIAN PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; OVIPARITY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; TIBET; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

ANURA; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; PHRYNOCEPHALUS INTERSCAPULARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84878112212     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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