More DNA support for a cetacea/hippopotamidae clade: The blood-clotting protein gene γ-fibrinogen

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-543

  Gatesy, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; Hippopotamidae; fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; CYTOCHROME B; DNA; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CETACEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030989922     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025790     Document Type: Article

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