Molecular evolution of ependymin and the phylogenetic resolution of early divergences among euteleost fishes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 556-573

  Ortí, Guillermo ^a,b,c   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; cDNA sequences; Characiformes; codon bias; ependymin; molecular phylogeny; Otophysi; Protacanthopterygii; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EPENDYMIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELEOST;

EID: 0029917259     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025616     Document Type: Article

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