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A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2016
Skourtanioti Eirini, Kapli Paschalia, Ilgaz Çetin, Kumlutaş Yusuf, Avcı Aziz, Ahmadzadeh Faraham, Crnobrnja-Isailović Jelka, Gherghel Iulian, Lymberakis Petros, Poulakakis Nikos
Abstract excerpt
Morphological and DNA data support that the East Mediterranean snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii represents a species complex that includes four species A. kitaibelii, A. budaki, A. chernovi, and A. rueppellii, highlighting the need of its taxonomic reevaluation. Here, we used Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood methods to estimate the phylogenetic relationships of all members of the complex based on two...
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