Origin of the Unisexual LizardGymnophthalmus underwoodi(Gymnophthalmidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Nucleotide Sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 394-400

  Kizirian, David A ^a   Cole, Charles J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; VALINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER, VAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033109084     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0591     Document Type: Article

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