Morphology, Molecules, and the Phylogenetics of Cetaceans

Systematic Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-124

  Messenger, Sharon L ^a,b   Mcguire, Jimmy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; DNA sequences; Likelihood ratio test; Molecular clock; Morphology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; Partition homogeneity test; Phylogeny; Templeton test

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CETACEA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032023879     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351598261058     Document Type: Article

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