Cytochrome b nucleotide sequences and the identification of five primary lineages of extant cetaceans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 407-417

  Arnason, Ulfur ^a   Gullberg, Anette ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cetaceans; cytochrome b; mysticetes; odontocetes; phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MYA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

EID: 0030026404     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025599     Document Type: Article

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