Phylogenetic relationships among gekkotan lizards inferred from C-mos nuclear DNA sequences and a new classification of the Gekkota

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-368

  Han, Demin ^a   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Bauer, Aaron M ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gecko; Molecular phylogeny; Pygopod; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DNA; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EUBLEPHARIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; PYGOPODIDAE; SPHAERODACTYLUS; SQUAMATA; TERATOSCINCUS;

EID: 8744241611     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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