Monophyletic origin of the order chiroptera and its phylogenetic position among mammalia, as inferred from the complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of a Japanese megabat, the Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 318-328

  Nikaido, Masato ^a   Harada, Masashi ^b   Cao, Ying ^a,c   Hasegawa, Masami ^c   Okada, Norihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Complete mitochondrial DNAs; Divergence time; Flying fox; Mammalian phylogeny; Monophyly

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LIVER; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CETARTIODACTYLA; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MEGACHIROPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA; PERISSODACTYLA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS; RYUKYU;

EID: 0033764528     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010094     Document Type: Article

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