Genetic and morphological divergence among three closely related Phrynocephalus species (Agamidae)

Abstract Background The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is the world’s highest and largest plateau, but the role of its uplift in the evolution of species or biotas still remains poorly known. Toad-headed lizards of the reproductively bimodal genus Phrynocephalus are a clade of agamids, with all vivip...

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Main Authors: Chao-Chao Hu, Yan-Qing Wu, Li Ma, Yi-Jing Chen, Xiang Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1443-y