Phylogenetic relationships of chelid turtles (pleurodira: chelidae) based on mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene sequence variation

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Seddon, Jennifer M ^a   Georges, Arthur ^b   Baverstock, Peter R ^a   McCord, William ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c East Fishkill Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA; CHELODINA LONGICOLLIS; CHELODINA OBLONGA; ELSEYA DENTATA; ELSEYA LATISTERNUM; ELUSOR; EMYDURA; HYDROMEDUSA; MUS; PELOMEDUSIDAE; PHRYNOPS; PLEURODIRA; PSEUDEMYDURA; RHEODYTES; TESTUDINES;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AMERICA; TURTLES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031067146     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0372     Document Type: Article

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