A test of Archonta monophyly and the phylogenetic utility of the mitochondrial gene 12S rRNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-241

  McNiff, Barbara E ^a   Allard, Marc W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Dermoptera; Evolution; Mammalia; Phylogeny; Primates; Scandentia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RELIABILITY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENETIC MARKERS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 0031762551     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199811)107:3<225::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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