Phylogenetic relationships of bolitoglossine salamanders: A demonstration of the effects of combining morphological and molecular data sets

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 883-891

  Jackman, Todd R ^a,b   Applebaum, Geoffrey ^a,c   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolitoglossini; Character congruence; Cytochrome b; Mitochondrial DNA sequences; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDER; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; BATRACHOSEPS; BOLITOGLOSSA; BOLITOGLOSSINI; CAUDATA; HYDROMANTES; PLETHODONTIDAE; PLETHODONTINI;

EID: 0030840910     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025830     Document Type: Article

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