Phylogenetic Relationships of Cottontails (Sylvilagus,Lagomorpha): Congruence of 12S rDNA and Cytogenetic Data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 294-302

  Halanych, Kenneth M ^a   Robinson, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031154232     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0403     Document Type: Article

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