Since Darwin's conception of sexual selection theory, scientists have struggled to identify the
evolutionary forces underlying the pervasive differences between male and female …

The subspecies concept influences multiple aspects of biology and management. The
'molecular revolution'altered traditional methods (morphological traits) of subspecies …

DNA sequence indicates the Lacertidae contain two subfamilies, Gallotiinae and Lacertinae,
the latter comprising two monophyletic tribes, the Eremiadini of Africa and arid southwest …

With more than 80 species inhabiting all warm continental land masses and hundreds of
intervening continental and oceanic islands, Hemidactylus geckos are one of the most …

Neotropical skinks are unique among lizards and other vertebrates in their degree of
convergence, in reproductive traits, with eutherian mammals. They have also been famously …

Phylogenetic analysis using up to 1325 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA from 179
specimens and 30 species of Chalcides, Sphenops, Eumeces, Scincopus and Scincus …

Evolutionary inference based on molecular phylogenetic methods has profoundly modified
the way that we understand biological diversity, unravelling a higher evolutionary diversity …

A phylogeny of West Palearctic Salamandridae based on 1208 bp of mtDNA sequences
(300 bp of cytb, 346 bp of 12S rRNA and 562 bp of 16S rRNA) indicates the European brook …

Aim To determine genetic substructuring within the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus.
To compare levels of variation across a geological barrier, the Strait of Gibraltar, and to …

The family Lacertidae encompasses more than 250 species distributed in the Palearctis,
Ethiopis and Orientalis. Lacertids have been subjected in the past to several morphological …