. . "Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe."@en . "[29C3F2A67537]" . . "Fahd, Soumia" . . . "Kalboussi, Mohsen" . "1"^^ . "16270" . . "Hundsdorfer, Anna" . . "1" . "S" . . "We investigated the mitochondrial phylogeography of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) in the Western Mediterranean. In North Africa, four major lineages (A-D) occur that together constitute a well-supported clade corresponding to one of the six major clades within T. graeca; the North African clade is sister to a Caucasian clade representing the subspecies T. g. armeniaca. Phylogenetic relationships between the North African lineages are badly resolved. Lineage A is distributed in Tunisia and adjacent Algeria, lineage B in Algeria and northern Morocco, lineage C in the Libyan Cyrenaica Peninsula, and lineage D north of the High Atlas Mts. and in the Souss Valley (southern Morocco). Lineage B is subdivided into two subgroups, B1(eastern Morocco and Algeria) and B2(north-western Morocco). Italian tortoises harbour haplotypes of lineage A, Spanish tortoises of subgroup B1. Based on a relaxed molecular clock calibrated with fossil evidence, the six major mtDNA clades of T. graeca are estimat"@en . "Algeria; cytochrome b gene; Italy; Libya; Morocco; Spain; Testudinidae; Tunisia."@en . . "Rouag, Rachid" . "10"^^ . "Jdeidi, Tarek" . . "Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe." . "0173-5373" . . . . . "18"^^ . "RIV/62157124:16270/09:00002345" . "000266555400008" . . . "Gim\u00E9nez Casalduero, Andr\u00E9s" . "326538" . "\u0160irok\u00FD, Pavel" . "Harris, James" . . . "Amphibia-Reptilia" . "NL - Nizozemsko" . "Graci\u00E1 Mart\u00EDnez, Eva" . "Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe." . "30" . "RIV/62157124:16270/09:00002345!RIV10-MSM-16270___" . . "We investigated the mitochondrial phylogeography of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca) in the Western Mediterranean. In North Africa, four major lineages (A-D) occur that together constitute a well-supported clade corresponding to one of the six major clades within T. graeca; the North African clade is sister to a Caucasian clade representing the subspecies T. g. armeniaca. Phylogenetic relationships between the North African lineages are badly resolved. Lineage A is distributed in Tunisia and adjacent Algeria, lineage B in Algeria and northern Morocco, lineage C in the Libyan Cyrenaica Peninsula, and lineage D north of the High Atlas Mts. and in the Souss Valley (southern Morocco). Lineage B is subdivided into two subgroups, B1(eastern Morocco and Algeria) and B2(north-western Morocco). Italian tortoises harbour haplotypes of lineage A, Spanish tortoises of subgroup B1. Based on a relaxed molecular clock calibrated with fossil evidence, the six major mtDNA clades of T. graeca are estimat" . "Mitochondrial phylogeography of Testudo graeca in the Western Mediterranean: Old complex divergence in North Africa and recent arrival in Europe."@en . "Fritz, Uwe" .