Molecular systematics of the western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis (Viperidae), with comments on the utility of the D-loop in phylogenetic studies of snakes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-189

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a   Queiroz, Alan De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus viridis; D loop; Historical biogeography; ND2; Systematics; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

D LOOP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NORTH AMERICA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS;

CROTALUS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0035201099     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1013     Document Type: Article

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