Molecular and morphological evidence on the phylogeny of the Elephantidae

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1461, 2000, Pages 2493-2500

  Thomas, M G ^a   Halelberg, E ^a   Jones, H B ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Lister, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elephant; Gene tree; Mammoth; Molecular evidence; Morphological evidence; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034704022     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1310     Document Type: Article

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