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A molecular phylogeny of four endangered Madagascar tortoises based on MtDNA sequences.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 1999

Caccone A, Amato G, Gratry O C, Behler J, Powell J R

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Four of the five tortoise species in Madagascar, Pyxis arachnoides, P. planicauda, Geochelone radiata, and G. yniphora, are endemic and on the verge of extinction. Their phylogenetic relationships remain controversial and unresolved. Here we address the phylogeny of this group using DNA sequences for the 12S and 16S rDNA and cyt b genes in mitochondrial DNA. As outgroups we used two species of Geochelone,...

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PMID: 10222157
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0594

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