Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the family cichlidae: Monophyly and fast molecular evolution of the neotropical assemblage

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 703-711

  Farias, Izeni P ^a,b   Ortí, Guillermo ^b   Sampaio, Iracilda ^c   Schneider, Horacio ^c   Meyer, Axel ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cichlid fish; DNA substitution rate; Heterochromis; Phylogeny Mitochondrial DNA; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; PERCHES; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032993238     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006514     Document Type: Article

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