Support for interordinal eutherian relationships with an emphasis on primates and their Archontan relatives

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-88

  Allard, Marc W ^a   Mcniff, Barbara E ^a   Miyamoto, Michael M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARTIODACTYLA; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOTREMATE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; CHIROPTERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MONOTREMATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030078356     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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