Genetic evidence for monophyly of the genus Heterobranchus and paraphyly of the genus Clarias (Siluriformes, Clariidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2001, Pages 548-552

  Agnese, Jean François ^a,d   Teugels, Guy G ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c Lab for Compar Anat and Biodiv   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; CYTOCHROME B; GENE SEQUENCING; MONOPHYLY; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CHANNALLABES APUS; CLARIAS; CLAROTES LATICEPS; HETEROBRANCHUS;

EID: 0035340915     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0548:GEFMOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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