Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of the green turtle and blue- tailed mole skink: Statistical evidence for archosaurian affinity of turtles

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 784-792

  Kumazawa, Yoshinori ^a   Nishida, Mutsumi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Green turtle; Maximum likelihood tree; Mole skink; Molecular phylogeny; MtDNA; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ALLIGATORINAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAUROMORPHA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EUMECES EGREGIUS; EUMECES EGREGIUS LIVIDUS; EUTHERIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033013699     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026163     Document Type: Article

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