A new molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the evolution of freshwater eels

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 250-258

  Bastrop, Ralf ^a   Strehlow, Beate ^a   Jürss, Karl ^a   Sturmbauer, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequences; Anguilla; Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; CYTOCHROME B; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; INDIAN OCEAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOTYPE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLA MARMORATA; ANGUILLA MOSSAMBICA; ANGUILLA OBSCURA; ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA; MARMORATA; ROSTRATA;

EID: 0034034837     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0694     Document Type: Article

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