Mitochondrial evidence on the phylogenetic position of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Genetics

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 765-775

  Zardoya, Rafael ^a   Meyer, Axel ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; URODELA;

EID: 0034044256     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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