A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): Out of India or out of South East Asia?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1500, 2002, Pages 1563-1569

  Gower, David J ^a   Kupfer, Alex ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^a   Himstedt, Werner ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^a   Loader, Simon P ^a   Presswell, Bronwen ^a   Müller, Hendrik ^a   Krishna, Sharath B ^a   Boistel, Renaud ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Gondwana; Mitochondrial DNA; Uraeotyphlidae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISTANCE; INDIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; INDIA;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; GYMNOPHIONA; ICHTHYOPHIIDAE; ICHTHYOPHIS; REPTILIA; URAEOTYPHLIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0037036631     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2050     Document Type: Article

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