Tests of turtle phylogeny: Molecular, morphological, and paleontological approaches

Systematic Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-260

  Shaffer, H Bradley ^a   Meylan, Peter ^b   McKnight, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined molecular and morphological data; Fossil and recent phylogeny; Mitochondrial DNA; Starburst phylogeny; Testudines; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

CRYPTODIRA; TESTUDINES;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOSSILS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TURTLES;

EID: 0031152764     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2413622     Document Type: Article

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