Cryptic diversity within the Anatololacerta species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Anatolian Peninsula: Evidence from a multi-locus approach

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 219-233

  Bellati, Adriana ^a   Carranza, Salvador ^b   Garcia Porta, Joan ^b   Fasola, Mauro ^a   Sindaco, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Gene tree vs. species tree; Integrative taxonomy; Molecular dating; Phylogeography; Species delimitation methods

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TURKEY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TURKEY;

EID: 84910603382     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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