Othodox and unorthodox phylogenetic relationships among tunas revealed by the nucleotide sequence analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 540-554

  Alvarado Bremer, J R ^a   Naseri, I ^a   Ely, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

control region; D loop; mtDNA; phylogeny; scombroid fishes; Thunnus; tunas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031106031     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0321     Document Type: Article

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