Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a Sahelian gecko species, ptyodactylus ragazzii

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Brito, José Carlos ^a   Harris, David James ^b,c   Froufe, Elsa ^b,c   Gonçalves, Duarte V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

12s rRNA; 16s rRNA; Cmos; genetic variability; phylogeny; Ptyodactylus

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRION; RANGE EXPANSION; TAXONOMY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84885392431     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002873     Document Type: Article

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