Phylogenetic evidence from the IRBP gene for the paraphyly of toothed whales, with mixed support for Cetacea as a suborder of Artiodactyla

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 918-922

  Smith, Marta R ^a   Shivji, Mahmood S ^a   Waddell, Victor G ^b   Stanhope, Michael J ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; IRBP; mammalian phylogenetics; paraphyly of Odontoceti

Indexed keywords

INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EXON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; WHALE;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 0029794321     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025659     Document Type: Article

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