1.
Mol Phylogenet Evol
; 3(3): 272-8, 1994 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7820291
Subject(s)
Lizards/classification , Phylogeny , Animals , Chickens/genetics , Lizards/genetics , Models, Biological , Mutation , Statistics as Topic/methods
2.
Mol Phylogenet Evol
; 1(4): 289-94, 1992 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1342944
ABSTRACT
In the onrush of molecular-based phylogenetic hypotheses, previous morphological-based phylogenies are being ignored, discarded, or even treated with disdain. Coupled with this implicit superiority of molecular data is the sometimes tendency to construct a phylogeny from the molecular data with less than analytical rigor. This paper examines the phylogenetic relationships within the lizard family Xantusiidae employing both molecular and morphological data. The analysis focuses on four analytical points of the molecular data and on the phylogenetics synthesis of the two data sets. We conclude that the phylogeny of xantusiid lizards is not yet a robust hypothesis.