Molecular insights into the phylogeny of mormyriform fishes and the evolution of their electric organs

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 321-348

  Alves Gomes, José ^a,c   Rose, Carl D ^b,d,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Centre International de Recherches Médicales Franceville   (United States)

^e Institut de Recherche en écologie Tropicale   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric organ evolution; Electrocyte designs; EOD; Molecular phylogeny; Mormyriformes

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030625673     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316291     Document Type: Article

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