Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences

S Carranza, EN Arnold - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006 - Elsevier
With more than 80 species inhabiting all warm continental land masses and hundreds of
intervening continental and oceanic islands, Hemidactylus geckos are one of the most …

DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of …

DG Mulcahy, R Ibáñez, CA Jaramillo, AJ Crawford… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Natural history collections are essential to a wide variety of studies in biology because they
maintain large collections of specimens and associated data, including genetic material (eg …

Out of Arabia: A Complex Biogeographic History of Multiple Vicariance and Dispersal Events in the Gecko Genus Hemidactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

J Šmíd, S Carranza, L Kratochvíl, V Gvoždík… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The geological history of the Arabian Peninsula has played a crucial role in shaping current
diversity and distribution patterns of many Arabian and African faunal elements. The gecko …

South Asia supports a major endemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos

AM Bauer, TR Jackman, E Greenbaum, VB Giri… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2010 - Elsevier
Hemidactylus geckos are a species-rich component of many tropical lizard assemblages.
We sampled deeply among tropical Asian, and especially South Asian, taxa and used a …

Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles

L Boumans, DR Vieites, F Glaw, M Vences - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Using sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, we reconstructed the
phylogeography of six widely distributed Malagasy reptiles: two gekkonid lizard species …

[PDF][PDF] The timing of arrival of humans and their commensal animals on Western Indian Ocean oceanic islands

A Cheke - Phelsuma, 2010 - academia.edu
The principal island groups, Comoros, Mascarenes, and granitic Seychelles were first
settled by humans at very disparate times: The Comoros during the 8th century CE, the …

When selection deceives phylogeographic interpretation: The case of the Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

C Rato, S Carranza, DJ Harris - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2011 - Elsevier
A previous study on Hemidactylus turcicus based on mtDNA makers indicated that this
gecko has a Middle-East origin, and that the current phylogeographic pattern is the result of …

Aliens on boats? The eastern and western expansion of the African house gecko

CJ Pinho, L Cardoso, S Rocha, R Vasconcelos - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Invasive species disrupt relations between endemics and their ecosystem and are an
increasing biodiversity conservation problem. The Hemidactylus genus comprises the most …

Adaptive radiation in Coffea subgenus Coffea L. (Rubiaceae) in Africa and Madagascar

F Anthony, LEC Diniz, MC Combes… - Plant Systematics and …, 2010 - Springer
Phylogeographic analysis of the Coffea subgenus Coffea was performed using data on
plastid DNA sequences and interpreted in relation to biogeographic data on African rain …

Phylogeny and biogeography of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos of the Indian subregion suggest multiple dispersals from Peninsular India to Sri Lanka

A Lajmi, R Bansal, V Giri… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Factors shaping biotic assembly of an island compared with the mainland are of
considerable interest in biogeography, and the island of Sri Lanka and mainland India …