Phylogenetic position of turtles among amniotes: Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes

Gene

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-148

  Cao, Ying ^a   Sorenson, Michael D ^b   Kumazawa, Yoshinori ^c   Mindell, David P ^d   Hasegawa, Masami ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapsid affinity of turtles; Maximum likelihood; Molecular phylogeny; Reptile; Total evaluation

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES; MAMMALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TURTLES;

AMNIOTA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0034707202     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00425-X     Document Type: Article

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