Hi ,
> THat's interesting. Do you know if this work will be published?
I think all speaches will be published in the comming IG magazin.As a member
of IG-Phelsuma (wich you of course should be) you will get this magazin four
times a year.
> I've wondered whether this sort of molecular phylogeny stuff is
> effective for the island Phelsuma species, because they are probably
> all extreme example of 'founder effect' - i.e. each species may descend
> from a single gravid female or pair of eggs, and there's no guarantee
> that these 'founders' were particularly representative of their species.
> In addition, with such tiny founder populations, inbreeding and genetic
> drift would be extreme.
If you by Island species means species origin from Mauritius and Reunion som
of these were in the study to.
Magnus
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