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Mitochondrial genomes from major lizard families suggest their phylogenetic relationships and ancient radiations.
Gene - 15 Feb 2007
Kumazawa Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
In placental mammals and birds, molecular data generally support a view that they diverged into their ordinal groups in good response to mid-Cretaceous continental fragmentations. However, such divergence patterns have rarely been studied for reptiles for which phylogenetic relationships among their major groups have not yet been established molecularly. Here, I determined complete or nearly complete...
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