Phylogenetic relationships among the phrynosomatid sand lizards inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences generated by heterogeneous evolutionary processes

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 592-612

  Wilgenbusch, James ^a   De Queiroz, Kevin ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

12S RNA; Combining data; Cytochrome b; Maximum likelihood; Mitochondrial DNA; Phrynosomatidae; Phylogeny; Sand lizards

Indexed keywords

HOLBROOKIA MACULATA; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SQUAMATA; UMA;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LIVER; LIZARD; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COLORADO; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; LIVER; LIZARDS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034350323     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635159950127411     Document Type: Article

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