Mitochondrial DNA sequences of the Afro-Arabian spiny-tailed lizards (genus Uromastyx; family Agamidae): phylogenetic analyses and evolution of gene arrangements Author Amer, Sayed A. M. Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya 464 - 8602, Japan & Zoology Department, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Author Kumazawa, Yoshinori Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya 464 - 8602, Japan text Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2005 2004-08-16 85 247 260 journal article 250755 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00485.x d3df2538-eaab-4e09-aa13-76a20a136534 0024-4082 7846312

Table 2. Divergence time estimates from molecular data

	ND2 amino acid seq.			Nucleotide seq.
Divergence at each node	Pairs†	G- ML	G- Poisson‡	TVM + I + G
Leiolepis vs. Uromastyx	12	45.3	39.3 ± 3.9	50.4
U. hardwickii vs. other Uromastyx	11	27.0	25.0 ± 2.6	29.2
African vs. Arabian groups	30	11.5	11.2 ± 1.3	14.5
U. aegyptia vs. other Arabian members	4	12.4	11.6 ± 1.5	13.6
U. a. aegytia vs. U. a microlepis	1	–§	–§	0.2
U. benti vs. U. ocellata-U. ornata	3	9.5	8.8 ± 1.3	10.4
U. ocellata vs. U. ornata	2	7.5	7.0 ± 1.2	7.7
U. ocellata (Egypt vs. Sudan)	1	0.5	0.5 ± 0.3	0.3
U. macfadyeni vs. other African members	5	10.9	10.1 ± 1.5	12.4
U. geyri vs. U. acanthinura-U. dispar	4	2.7	2.6 ± 0.6	5.4
U. acanthinura vs. U. dispar	4	2.1	2.0 ± 0.6	3.5
U. d. dispar vs. U. d. maliensis	1	0.6	0.5 ± 0.3	0.4