Molecular systematics of pitvipers: Paraphyly of the Bothrops complex

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Vidal, Nicolas ^a,b   Lecointre, Guillaume ^a,b   Vié, Jean Christophe ^c   Gasc, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Aménagement de Petit Saut   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Bothrops complex; Crotalinae; Cytochrome b; Parsimony; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030907373     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80091-2     Document Type: Article

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