| phylogenetic relationships within laticaudine sea snakes (elapidae). | the sea snake subfamily laticaudinae consists of a single genus with eight named species, based on morphological characters. we used microsatellite and mitochondrial dna (mtdna) data to clarify the adaptive radiation of these oviparous sea snakes in the south pacific, with special reference to new caledonia and vanuatu. a mitochondrial dna data set (nd4 gene 793 bp) was obtained from 345 individuals of the five species of laticauda sp. sea snakes endemic to the region. maximum likelihood and bay ... | 2011 | 21414416 |