Molecular phylogeny and morphological homoplasy in fruitbats

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1061-1067

  Álvarez, Yolanda ^a   Juste, Javier B ^a,b   Tabares, Enrique ^a   Garrido Pertierra, Amando ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^b   Bautista, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Convergence; Cytochrome b; Fruitbats; Morphological homoplasy; Phylogeny; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BAT; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0032794314     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026195     Document Type: Article

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