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Shifting sands and shifty lizards: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of African flat lizards ( Platysaurus )

Date

Authors

Scott, Ian

Keogh, J Scott

Whiting, Martin

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

The African flat lizard genus Platysaurus is widely distributed on rock outcrops in southern Africa and is found both east and west of the Kalahari Desert and between major river drainage systems. We assembled a molecular phylogeny for the genus in order

Keywords

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; transfer RNA; adaptation; Africa; animal; article; classification; DNA flanking region; DNA sequence; genetics; lizard; multigene family; phylogeny; 3' Flanking Region; Adaptation, Biological; Africa, Southern; Animals; DNA, Mitochondri Adaptive radiation; Kalahari Desert; ND4; Phylogeography; Reptile; Sub-Saharan Africa

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/85469

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.010