Nikos Poulakakis

Nikos Poulakakis, Greek zoologist.

• Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Irakleio, Crete, Greece.
• Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece.

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• 1 taxon names authored by Nikos Poulakakis

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• Poulakakis, N., Theodorou, G., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the extinct Pleistocene Dwarf Elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus falconeri from Tilos Island (Dodekanisa, Greece). Journal of Molecular Evolution 55(3): 364–374. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Mylonas, M., Lymberakis, P. & Fassoulas, C. 2002. Origin and the taxonomy of the fossil elephants of the island of Crete (Greece): Problems and perspectives. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186: 163–183. Reference page. 

• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Antoniou, A., Chalkia, D., Zouros, E., Mylonas, M. & Valakos, E.D. 2003. Molecular phylogeny and paleogeographic implications of Southern Greek populations of Podarcis erhardii and Podarcis peloponnesiaca (Sauria, Lacertidae) based on partial mtDNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 38–46. Reference page. 

• Mantziou, G., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D. & Mylonas, M. 2004. The inter- and intraspecific status of Aegean Mauremys rivulata (Chelonia, Bataguridae) as inferred mitochondrial DNA sequences. Herpetological journal 14: 35–45. Reference page. 

• Mantziou, G., Antoniou, A., Poulakakis, N., Goulielmos, G., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Pinou, T. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Isolation and characterization of six polymorphic microsatellite markers in the freshwater turtle Mauremys rivulata (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5(4): 727–729. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.006 Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Paragamian, K. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Isolation and amplification of shrew DNA from Barn Owl pellets. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85(3): 331–340. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Goulielmos, G., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Squamata: Lacertidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 549–551. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D., Pafilis, P., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogeography of Balkan wall lizard (Podarcis taurica) and its relatives inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 14(8): 2433–2443. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitabelii (Sauria: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 245–256. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Valakos, E.D., Zouros, E. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Podarcis species from the Balkan Peninsula, by bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 845–857. Reference page. 

• Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M. & et al. 2006. Ancient DNA forces reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids reconsideration of evolutionary history of Mediterranean pygmy elephantids. Biology Letters 22(2/3): 451–454. Reference page. 

• Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Manthalou, G., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2007. Mitochondrial phylogeography of Rana (Pelophylax) populations in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1): 115–125. Reference page. 
• Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Lymberakis, P., Mylonas, M., Zouros, E., Reese, D., Glaberman, S. & Caccone, A. 2007. It remains a mammoth DNA fragment. A reply to Binladen et al. 2006. and Orlando et al. 2006. Biology Letters 3: 60–63. Reference page. 

• Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Mantziou, G., Parmakelis, A. & Mylonas, M. 2008. Molecular phylogeny of three Mesalina (Reptilia: Lacertidae) species (M. guttulata, M. brevirostris and M. bahaeldini) from North Africa and the Middle East: Another case of paraphyly? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.016 Reference page. 
• Kyriazi, P., Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Crochet, P.A., Moravec, J., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A., Mylonas, M. & Lymberakis, P. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis) (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 795–805. Reference page. 
• Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Kaliontzopoulou, A., Valakos, E. & Mylonas, M. 2008. Two new species of Podarcis (Squamata; Lacertidae) from Greece. Systematics and Biodiversity 6(3): 307–318. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200008002727 Reference page. 

• Kornilios, P., Poulakakis, N., Mylonas, M. & Vardinoyannis, K. 2009. The phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Ζonites Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): preliminary evidence from mitochondrial data. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(2): 109- 117. Reference page. 

• Kapli, P., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., & Mylonas, M. 2011. A re-analysis of the molecular phylogeny of Lacertidae with currently available data. Basic and Applied Herpetology 25: 97–104. DOI: 10.11160/bah.11010 Reference page. 

• Sagonas, K., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P. & Valakos, E.D. 2014. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 76: 144–154. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.013 Reference page. 

• Psonis, N., Vardinoyannis, K., Mylonas, M. & Poulakakis, N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Journal of Natural History 49(5–8): 383–392. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.825023 Reference page. 

• Skourtanioti, E., Kapli, P., Ilgaz, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Avcı, A., Ahmadzadeh, F., Crnobrnja-Isailović́, J., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.005 Reference page.