Stability of cladistic relationships between Cetacea and higher-level artiodactyl taxa

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-20

  Gatesy, John ^a,d   Milinkovitch, Michel ^b   Waddell, Victor ^c   Stanhope, Michael ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Cetacea; Cladogram; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; RUMINANTIA; SUINA; UNGULATA;

RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0033084945     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260409     Document Type: Article

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