Multiple substitutions affect the phylogenetic utility of cytochrome b and 12S rDNA data: Examining a rapid radiation in leporid (Lagomorpha) evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-379

  Halanych, Kenneth M ^a,b   Robinson, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Cytochrome b; Lagomorph evolution; Leporidae; Phylogenetics; Rabbits; Saturation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; GENETIC DISTANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; TAXONOMY;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPORIDAE; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRONOLAGUS;

EID: 0032969991     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006481     Document Type: Article

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