Phylogenetics of Perissodactyla and tests of the molecular clock

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-21

  Norman, Jane E ^a   Ashley, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Cytochrome oxidase II; Evolutionary rates Molecular clock; Mitochondrial DNA; Perissodactyl; Tapirs

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CALIBRATION; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; TAXONOMY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROTIDAE; TAPIRIDAE;

EID: 0033947520     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910002     Document Type: Article

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