Socotra Island the forgotten fragment of Gondwana: Unmasking chameleon lizard history with complete mitochondrial genomic data

J. Robert Macey; Jennifer V. Kuehl; Allan Larson; Michael D. Robinson; Ismail H. Ugurtas; Natalia B. Ananjeva; Hafizur Rahman; Hamid Iqbal Javed; Ridwan Mohamed Osman; Ali Doumma; Theodore J. Papenfuss

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.024

Socotra Island the forgotten fragment of Gondwana: Unmasking chameleon lizard history with complete mitochondrial genomic data

J. Robert Macey, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Allan Larson, Michael D. Robinson, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Hafizur Rahman, Hamid Iqbal Javed, Ridwan Mohamed Osman, Ali Doumma, Theodore J. Papenfuss

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1015-1018
Number of pages	4
Journal	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.024
State	Published - Dec 2008

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Biogeography
Chamaeleonidae
Gondwana
Phylogeny
Reptilia

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Robert Macey, J., Kuehl, J. V., Larson, A., Robinson, M. D., Ugurtas, I. H., Ananjeva, N. B., Rahman, H., Javed, H. I., Osman, R. M., Doumma, A., & Papenfuss, T. J. (2008). Socotra Island the forgotten fragment of Gondwana: Unmasking chameleon lizard history with complete mitochondrial genomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49(3), 1015-1018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.024

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