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Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia's tropical savannas.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Feb 2011

Melville J, Ritchie E G, Chapple S N J, Glor R E, Schulte J A

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Australia's monsoonal tropics are dominated by the largest and least modified savanna woodlands in the world, and they are globally significant for their high biodiversity and regional endemism. Despite this, there have been very few molecular studies of the evolutionary origins and diversification of vertebrates in this region. The semi-arboreal dragon lizards of Lophognathus and Amphibolurus are widely...

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Animals
Australia
Bayes Theorem
Biological Evolution
Cell Nucleus
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Lizards
Models, Genetic
Phylogeny
Phylogeography

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Sequence Alignment

Sequence Analysis, DNA

Tropical Climate

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PMID: 21145401
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.025

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RAG1

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