Phylogenetic analysis of the perissodactylan family tapiridae using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COII) sequences

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-326

  Ashley, Mary V ^a   Norman, Jane E ^a   Stross, Larissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II; Molecular evolutionary rates; Perissodactyla; Tapiridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002092669     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02077448     Document Type: Article

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