Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of xantusiid lizards, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040689

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Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of xantusiid lizards, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 1991

Hedges S B, Bezy R L, Maxson L R

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Portions of two mitochondrial genes (12S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome b) were sequenced in seven species to examine phylogenetic relationships within the lizard family Xantusiidae. Phylogenies derived from these sequences (709 total bp) are concordant and indicate that the Cuban species Cricosaur...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Cytochrome b Group
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Lizards
Mitochondria
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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