Snake relationships revealed by slow-evolving proteins: A preliminary survey

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-28

  Dowling, H G ^a   Hass, C A ^b,c   Hedges, S Blair ^b,c   Highton, R ^b  

^a Rendalia Biologists   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOIDAE; CHARINA; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; TROPIDOPHIS; TYPHLOPIDAE; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0029862404     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05482.x     Document Type: Article

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