The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the greater Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, and the phylogenetic relationship among Carnivora, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla (+ Cetacea)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1167-1173

  Xu, Xiufeng ^a   Janke, Axel ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

greater Indian rhinoceros; mtDNA; Perissodactyla; phylogeny; Rhinocerotidae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORE; CETACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; CETACEA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MYA; PERISSODACTYLA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 0029907541     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025681     Document Type: Article

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