Molecular Phylogeny of Rodents, with Special Emphasis on Murids: Evidence from Nuclear Gene LCAT

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-434

  Robinson, Marc ^a   Catzeflis, François ^b   Briolay, Jérôme ^a   Mouchiroud, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MURIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0031306829     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0424     Document Type: Article

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