Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 465-476

  Burbrink, Frank T ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COLUBRIDAE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELAPHE; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS;

EID: 0036433750     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00306-8     Document Type: Article

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