Molecular phylogeny of the extinct pleistocene dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus falconeri from Tilos Island, Dodekanisa, Greece

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 364-374

  Poulakakis, Nikos ^a   Theodorou, Georgios E ^b   Zouros, Eleftherios ^c   Mylonas, Moysis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; cyt b; Dwarf elephant; Elephant evolution; Greece; Insularity; Molecular phylogeny; mtDNA; Palaeoloxodon antiquus falconeri; Quaternary; Tilos

Indexed keywords

DNA; CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GREECE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; DWARFISM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; CYTOCHROME B; DNA; DWARFISM; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GREECE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS FALCONERI; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 0037008846     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2337-x     Document Type: Article

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