Phylogenetic relationships of Indian caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) inferred from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 401-407

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Sheps, Jonathan A ^b   Oommen, Oommen V ^c   Cohen, Bernard L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Biogeography; Evolution; Gondwana; Phylogeny; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; INDIA; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GEGENEOPHIS RAMASWAMII; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; URAEOTYPHLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; INDIA; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036019704     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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