Phylogenetics of the lizard genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct optimization, descriptive efficiency, and sensitivity analysis of congruence between molecular data and morphology

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 352-371

  Frost, Darrel R ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel T ^b   Grant, Taran ^a,c   Titus, Tom A ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROLOPHOSAURUS; PLICA; SQUAMATA; STROBILURUS; TROPIDURINAE; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS BOGERTI; TROPIDURUS NANUZAE; TROPIDURUS SEMITAENIATUS; TROPIDURUS SPINULOSUS; TROPIDURUS TORQUATUS; URACENTRON; URANOSCODON;

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; VALINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER, VAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0035543121     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1015     Document Type: Article

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