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Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily "Scincinae".

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2005

Schmitz A, Brandley M C, Mausfeld P, Vences M, Glaw F, Nussbaum R A, Reeder T W

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The island of Madagascar harbors a highly endemic vertebrate fauna including a high diversity of lizards of the subfamily "Scincinae," with about 57 species in eight genera. Since limb reduction seems to have been a common phenomenon during the evolution of Malagasy "scincines," diagnosing evolutionary relationships based on morphology has been difficult. Phylogenetic analyses of multiple mitochondrial DNA...

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PMID: 15579386
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.08.016

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