| | IngentaConnect A molecular phylogeny for the South African limbless lizard taxa ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In the present study, relationships among three generaAcontias, Acontophiops, and Typhlosaurus, that comprise the South African limbless lizard subfamily Acontinae, were assessed with partial sequences of the 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA gene. |
 | | In addition, relationships within Acontias were further investigated using sequence data from the cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI). |
 | | Maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony analyses of the 16S rRNA mtDNA data revealed that within this subfamily, Typhlosaurus is basal while Acontophiops andAcontias are sister taxa. |
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