Francolin Phylogenetics: Molecular, Morphobehavioral, and Combined Evidence

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-254

  Bloomer, Paulette ^a,b   Crowe, Timothy M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; COTURNIX; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032040083     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0469     Document Type: Article

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