Phylogenetic studies on Didelphid marsupials i. introduction and preliminary results from nuclear IRBP gene sequences

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-77

  Jansa, Sharon A ^a   Voss, Robert S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Didelphidae; IRBP; Mammalian systematics; Marsupials; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002019120     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009465716811     Document Type: Article

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