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A preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the dangerously venomous Carpet Vipers, Echis (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences (English)
3Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona, Spain;, Email: salvador.carranza@ibe.upf-csic.es
Salvador Carranza
Michael Robinson
1Sultan Qaboos University, Department of Biology, College of Science, P.O. Box 36, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Nicholas Arnold
2Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK
Phylogenetic analysis of 1117 bp of mitochondrial DNA sequences (731 bp of cytochrome b and 386 bp of 16S rRNA) indicate that Echis consists of four main clades: E. ocellatus, and the E. coloratus, E. pyramidum, and E. carinatus groups. (English)
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