Molecular phylogenetic evidence confirming the Eulipotyphla concept and in support of hedgehogs as the sister group to shrews

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 200-209

  Douady, Christophe J ^a,b   Chatelier, Pascale I ^b   Madsen, Ole ^c   De Jong, Wilfried W ^c,d   Catzeflis, Francois ^e   Springer, Mark S ^b   Stanhope, Michael J ^a,f  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Systematics and Population Biology   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulipotyphla; Hedgehog; Insectivora; Lipotyphla; Mole; Molecular phylogenetics; Shrew

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA 2B; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA-2B; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA; EYE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL-BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; VALINE TRANSFER RNA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEDGEHOG; INSECTIVORA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SHREW;

ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE PROTEINS; HEDGEHOGS; INSECTIVORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER, VAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHREWS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

CHRYSOCHLORIDAE; CYNOCEPHALIDAE; DERMOPTERA; ELEPHANT; ERINACEIDAE; INSECTIVORA; LEMURIDAE; MACROSCELIDEA; MAMMALIA; SCANDENTIA; SORICIDAE; TENRECIDAE; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0036402765     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00232-4     Document Type: Article

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