Phylogenetic relationships of the European newts (genus Triturus) tested with mitochondrial DNA sequence data

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Zajc, I ^a,c   Arntzen, J W ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; ATPase; Mitochondrial DNA; Newt; Phylogeny; Triturus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CYNOPS; NEURERGUS; PARAMESOTRITON; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS; TRITURUS BOSCAI; TRITURUS MARMORATUS; TRITURUS MONTANDONI; TRITURUS VITTATUS; TRITURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0033426755     PISSN: 00678546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-06802001     Document Type: Article

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