Article
Evolutionary history of Podarcis tiliguerta on Corsica and Sardinia.
BMC evolutionary biology - 19 Jan 2017
Rodríguez V, Buades J M, Brown R P, Terrasa B, Pérez-Mellado V, Corti C, Delaugerre M, Castro J A, Picornell A, Ramon M M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Podarcis tiliguerta is a wall lizard endemic to the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Previous findings of high mtDNA and morphological diversity have led to the suggestion that it may represent a species complex. Here, we analysed mitochondrial and nuclear markers (mtDNA, 3110 bp; 6 nDNA loci, 3961 bp) in P. tiliguerta sampled from thirty-two localities across Corsica and Sardinia....
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