The mitochondrial DNA molecule of the aardvark, Orycteropus afer, and the position of the Tubulidentata in the eutherian tree

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1417, 1999, Pages 339-345

  Arnason, Ulfur ^a   Gullberg, Anette ^a   Janke, Axel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aardvark; African clade; Mammalian evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Tubulidentata

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARMADILLO; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EDENTATA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ORYCTEROPUS AFER; TUBULIDENTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033593880     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0643     Document Type: Article

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