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Unmasking evolutionary diversity among two closely related South African legless skink species (Acontinae: Acontias) using molecular data.

Zoology (Jena, Germany) - 1 Apr 2017

Busschau Theo, Conradie Werner, Jordaan Adriaan, Daniels Savel R

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We examined species boundaries among two phylogenetically closely related and morphologically similar South African fossorial legless skink species, Acontias breviceps and Acontias gracilicauda. Samples of these two species were collected throughout their distribution ranges and sequenced for three DNA loci (two mitochondrial loci, 16S rRNA and cytochrome b (Cyt b), plus the nuclear locus prolactin). Phylogenetic...

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PMID: 28094083
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.11.005

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