Biogeographic Origins of Goannas (Varanidae): A Molecular Perspective

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 294-307

  Fuller, Susan ^a,b   Baverstock, Peter ^a   King, Dennis ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIZARDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032044534     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0476     Document Type: Article

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