Studies on the molecular evolution of the crocodylia: Footprints in the sands of time

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-311

  Dessauer, Herbert C ^a   Glenn, Travis C ^b,c   Densmore, Llewellyn D ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0037115686     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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