Molecular phylogenetic information on the identity of the closest living relative(s) of land vertebrates

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 389-397

  Zardoya, Rafael ^a,b   Meyer, Axel ^a,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0030818287     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050415     Document Type: Review

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