Molecular systematics and paleobiogeography of the South American sigmodontine rodents

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-49

  Engel, Stacia R ^a,b   Hogan, Kelly M ^a,c   Taylor, Jeremy F ^a   Davis, Scott K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b E and J Gallo Winery ^*  (United States)

^c South Texas Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Muridae; Sigmodontinae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0031963155     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025845     Document Type: Article

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