Weighting and Congruence: A Case Study Based on Three Mitochondrial Genes in Pitvipers

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 366-374

  Vidal, Nicolas ^a,b   Lecointre, Guillaume ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE SUBUNIT 4; PRIMER DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0032086565     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0509     Document Type: Article

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