The Phylogenetic Position of the Musky Rat-Kangaroo and the Evolution of Bipedal Hopping in Kangaroos (Macropodidae: Diprotodontia)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 457-474

  Burk, Angela ^a   Westerman, Michael ^b   Springer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipedal hopping: Hypsiprymnodon; Kangaroo; Macropodidae; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; MACROPODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032148637     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351598260824     Document Type: Article

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