Molecular systematics of the genus clemmys and the intergeneric relationships of emydid turtles

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Bickham, John W ^a,b   Lamb, Trip ^c   Minx, Patrick ^d   Patton, John C ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LGL Ecological Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emydidae; Nucleotide sequences; Ribosomal DNA; Systematics; Turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002182344     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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