Phylogenetic relationships within caniform carnivores based on analyses of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 641-649

  Ledje, Christina ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Ailuridae; Canidae; Caniformia; Carnivora; Feliformia; Mitochondrial DNA; Musteloidea; Phylogeny; Pinnipe dia; Secondary structure; Ursidae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; MEPHITIDAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030472358     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202112     Document Type: Article

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