Phylogeny of the Acipenseriformes: Cytogenetic and molecular approaches

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 127-155

  Birstein, Vadim J ^a,b,c   Hanner, Robert ^a,b,c   DeSalle, Rob ^a,b,c  

^a Sturgeon Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c Museum of Natural History in Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

12S mtrRNA gene; 18S rRNA gene; Acipenser; chromosome; cytochrome b; DNA content; evolution; genome; Huso; karyotype; macrochromosome; microchromosome; paddlefish; phylogeny; Polyod on; Psephurus; Pseudoscaphirhynchus; rate of molecular evolution; Scaphirhynchus; sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER BAERII; ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSER RUTHENUS; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ACIPENSERINAE; HUSO; HUSO DAURICUS; HUSO HUSO; POLYODON SPATHULA; PSEPHURUS; PSEUDOSCAPHIRHYNCHUS; PSEUDOSCAPHIRHYNCHUS KAUFMANNI; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS; SPATHULA;

EID: 0030905435     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007366100353     Document Type: Article

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