Molecular evidence for the pattern and timing of cladogenesis in dasyurid marsupials

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-404

  Krajewski, Carey ^a,b   Wroe, Stephen ^c,d,e   Westerman, Michael ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Cytochrome b; Paleobiology; Protamine P1

Indexed keywords

ANTECHINOMYS; ANTECHINUS; BADJCINUS; DASYURIDAE; DASYUROMORPHIA; DASYURUS; METATHERIA; MUREXIA; MYA; MYRMECOBIIDAE; MYRMECOBIUS FASCIATUS; NINGAUI; PHASCOGALE; PHASCOLOSOREX; PLANIGALE; SARCOPHILUS; SMINTHOPSIS; THYLACINIDAE; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0034359179     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01635.x     Document Type: Article

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