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Interrelationships and history of the slit-eared skinks (Gongylomorphus, Scincidae) of the Mascarene islands, based on mitochondrial DNA and nuclear gene sequences
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This article is published in Zootaxa.The article was published on 2009-07-09. It has received 11 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mitochondrial DNA & Gongylomorphus.read more
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Single origin of the Mascarene stick insects: ancient radiation on sunken islands?
TL;DR: It is proposed that the Mascarene stick insects diversified on landmasses now eroded away, presumably to the north of Mauritius, and most likely allowed for adaptive speciation and served as significant sources of diversity that contributed to the biomes of the MASCarene archipelago and the megadiverse Madagascar.
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The Generation of a Biodiversity Hotspot: Biogeography and Phylogeography of the Western Indian Ocean Islands
Ingi Agnarsson,Matjaž Kuntner +1 more
TL;DR: The importance of islands in revealing evolutionary processes was highlighted already at the birth of evolutionary biology as a science (Darwin 1859; Darwin and Wallace 1858), since the thrilling discoveries revealed by Darwin’s work on the Galapagos and Wallace's work in the Malay (Indonesian) archipelago (Wallace 1876) has experienced an explosive growth.
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Conservation in Mauritius and Rodrigues: Challenges and Achievements from Two Ecologically Devastated Oceanic Islands
TL;DR: In this article, conservation approaches and techniques have been developed, developed, and tested on the two islands, which consequently represent a kind of "conservation laboratory" for the tropics.
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Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago
TL;DR: Forgotten in the ocean: systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Trachylepis skinks of the Socotra Archipelago.
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The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha).
TL;DR: Morphological diagnoses and species content for all nine families of skinks (Scincomorpha) are presented and two new molecular clades with species that have long been considered distinctive morphologically belong to two new families described here.