Phylogeny and evolution of African shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) inferred from 16s rRNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-195

  Quérouil, Sophie ^a   Hutterer, Rainer ^b   Barrière, Patrick ^a   Colyn, Marc ^a   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C ^c,d   Verheyen, Erik ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Crocidurinae; Eurasia; Myosoricinae; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Shrews

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLOENZYME; EURASIA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MITOCHONDRION; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHYLY; RIBOSOME RNA; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

CONGOSOREX; CROCIDURA; CROCIDURINAE; MAMMALIA; MYOSOREX; PARACROCIDURA; RUWENZORISOREX; SCUTISOREX; SORICIDAE; SORICINAE; SUNCUS; SYLVISOREX;

EID: 0034903261     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0974     Document Type: Article

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