A molecular phylogeny of tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes

2006/05/09 by Minh Le, Minh Đức Lê, Christopher J. Raxworthy +2 · 1 voice · 20 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Turtle Biology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.003

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Discussions

• The forest tortoise may be a Root and Relict but it's not alone! Le et al 2006 use mitochondrial and nuclear genes and found the most basal testudinid lineage is a novel sister relationship between th [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]