A phylogeny for side-necked turtles (Chelonia: Pleurodira) based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence variation

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-246

  Georges, A ^c   Birreel, J ^a   Saint, K M ^a   McCord, W ^b   Donnellan, S C ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b East Fishkill Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

c mos; Chelidae; MtDNA; Pelomedusidae; Phylogeny; Systematics; Turtle

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; CHELIDAE; CHELODINA; CHELUS; ELSEYA; ELSEYA LATISTERMUM; ERYMNOCHELYS; HYDROMEDUSA; PELOMEDUSA; PELOMEDUSIDAE; PELTOCEPHALUS; PELUSIOS; PHRYNOPS; PLEURODIRA; PODOCNEMIS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0033029365     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0300     Document Type: Article

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