AUozyme differentiation and relationship among the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain Lizards
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Six nominal taxa ('Lacerta' monticola cantabrica, 'L. ' monücola monticola, 'L. ' aranica, 'L. ' aurelioi, 'L. ' bonnali, 'L. ' cyreni) of the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain Lizards were investigated by allozyme electrophoresis with regard to IS enzymatic loci. 'L. ' horvathi was used as an outgroup for phylogenetic analysis. On the basts of our results which are in perfect agreement with karyological data (ODIERNA & al. in press a, b) five taxa can be distinguished ('£.'. monticola, 'L'. aranica, 'L'. aurelioi, 'L'. bonnali, %'. cyreni) which we consider to be species.
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