| geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread malagasy reptiles. | using sequences of the mitochondrial 16s rrna gene, we reconstructed the phylogeography of six widely distributed malagasy reptiles: two gekkonid lizard species, phelsuma lineata and hemidactylus mercatorius; two chameleons, the calumma brevicorne complex, and furcifer lateralis; and two skinks, trachylepis gravenhorstii and trachylepis elegans. genetic differentiation among major haplotype lineages was high and in some cases indicates or confirms species status of the divergent populations. max ... | 2007 | 17920299 |
| dna barcoding assessment of genetic variation in two widespread skinks from madagascar, trachylepis elegans and t. gravenhorstii (squamata: scincidae). | trachylepis elegans and t. gravenhorstii are two of the most widespread reptiles in madagascar, inhabiting a wide variety of habitats. previous studies have indicated a considerable mitochondrial dna (mtdna) variation within these species, but the geographic distribution of the major haplotype lineages is poorly known. herein we analyse the phylogeography of these lizards based on 107 sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit i gene, 101 of which newly determined. as in previous ... | 2014 | 24869835 |