Novel phylogeny of whales supported by total molecular evidence

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hasegawa, Masami ^a   Adachi, Jun ^a   Milinkovitch, Michel C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cetacean evolution; Maximum likelihood; Molecular phylogeny; Sperm whale; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGLOBIN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MYSTICETI; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0031029795     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000062     Document Type: Article

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