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Phylogeography of Cape Verde Island skinks (Mabuya).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2001
Brown R P, Suarez N M, Smith A, Pestano J
Abstract excerpt
The Cape Verde Islands are of volcanic origin with most having appeared between the early Miocene and mid-Pleistocene. They contain six known species of Mabuya skinks. Phylogeographical relationships within and among the relatively widespread taxa M. stangeri, M. spinalis and M. delalandii were inferred, based on approximately 1 kbp of the cytochrome b gene (mitochondrial DNA). Reciprocal monophyly of M. spinalis...
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