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JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY
Volume 29, Issue 9, Pages 1257-1262Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00744.x
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12S rRNA; cytochrome b; Podarcis hispanica; Podarcis vaucheri; phylogeny; Strait of Gibraltar
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Aim To examine the effect of a known geological barrier on genetic variation within a wall lizard species complex. Locatiaon The Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Methods Sequencing of partial 12S rRNA and cytochrome b mtDNA. Results The current distribution of genetic variability is not related to the opening of the Strait of Gibraltar. Conclusions Podarcis hispanica in North Africa is probably a species complex. The Strait of Gibraltar should not be used as a known barrier to gene flow in other land based organisms without careful sampling to test for multiple crossings since its formation.
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