Differentiation within the endemic burrowing skink Pamelaescincus gardineri, across the Seychelles islands, assessed by mitochondrial and nuclear markers

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-33

  Valente, Joana ^a,b   Rocha, Sara ^a,c   Harris, D James ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

c mos; Cyt b; MC1R; Pamelaescincus; phylogeography; Scincidae; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897100232     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2013.856354     Document Type: Article

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