A Molecular Phylogeny of Four Endangered Madagascar Tortoises Based on MtDNA Sequences
Caccone A, Amato G, Gratry O, Behler J, Powell J. A Molecular Phylogeny of Four Endangered Madagascar Tortoises Based on MtDNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 1999, 12: 1-9. PMID: 10222157, DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCyt b geneNorth American tortoisesP. planicaudaVerge of extinctionMorphological divergenceMolecular phylogenySingle colonizationMost lineagesMonophyletic originPhylogenetic relationshipsPyxis arachnoidesSister statusMtDNA sequencesSister taxaGenus GeocheloneMitochondrial DNADNA sequencesTortoise speciesB geneEndemic tortoisesGopherus polyphemusLatter genusGeocheloneSpeciesPhylogeny