Publications
| hidden relationships and genetic diversity: molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the levantine lizards of the genus phoenicolacerta (squamata: lacertidae). | the levant region witnessed dramatic tectonic events and climatic fluctuations that changed the historical landscape of the area and consequently influenced the cladogenesis and distribution of the local biota. in this study we use information from two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes and species delimitation methods in order to obtain the first robust time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of the levantine rock lizards of the genus phoenicolacerta. we sampled from across its distributional rang ... | 2015 | 25987529 |
| karyological and genetic variation in middle eastern lacertid lizards, lacerta laevis and the lacerta kulzeri complex: a case of chromosomal allopatric speciation. | karyological (standard and c, ag-nor and alu-i banding methods) and mtdna analyses (cytochrome b and 12s rrna) were conducted on specimens from eight allopatric populations of the lacerta kulzeri complex. parallel analyses were performed for comparison on lacerta laevis specimens. karyological and molecular studies support the morphological and ethological evidence indicating the specific separation between lacerta laevis and lacerta kulzeri. in the lacerta kulzeri complex, chromosomal analysis ... | 2003 | 12733643 |