Molecular Phylogenetics, tRNA Evolution, and Historical Biogeography in Anguid Lizards and Related Taxonomic Families

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 250-272

  Macey, J Robert ^a   Schulte II, James A ^a   Larson, Allan ^a   Tuniyev, Boris S ^b   Orlov, Nikolai ^c   Papenfuss, Theodore J ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Caucasian State Biosphere Reserve ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(historical biogeography; Anguidae; Anguimorpha; Anniellidae; Asia; cysteine tRNA; Europe; mitochondrial DNA; Morocco; North America; phylogenetics; Reptilia; Sauria; Shinisauridae; Xenosauridae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033176443     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0615     Document Type: Article

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