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PhD Abstract (467 words) |
 | The Eugongylus group of skinks includes ~40 genera distributed throughout the Southern Hemisphere, and is one of five lineages of scincid lizards that are the only reptiles to have evolved complex placentation. |
| The phylogeny suggests that the earliest divergence within the Eugongylus group was between an African lineage and a lineage which then diversified throughout the Indo-Pacific. |
| The Eugongylus group may have diversified quickly throughout the Indo-Pacific, as each geographic region (except Australia) belongs to a single lineage. |
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PhD Abstract (466 words) |
| The Eugongylus group of skinks includes ~40 genera distributed throughout the Southern Hemisphere, and is one of five lineages of scincid lizards that are the only reptiles to have evolved complex placentation. |
| The phylogeny suggests that the earliest divergence within the Eugongylus group was between an African lineage and a lineage which then diversified throughout the Indo-Pacific. |
| The Eugongylus group may have diversified quickly throughout the Indo-Pacific, as each geographic region (except Australia) belongs to a single lineage. |
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