The phylogenetic relationships of insectivores with special reference to the lesser hedgehog tenrec as inferred from the complete sequence of their mitochondrial genome

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-112

  Nikaido, Masato ^a   Cao, Ying ^b   Okada, Norihiro ^a   Hasegawa, Masami ^b,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Eulipotyphla; Lesser hedgehog tenrec; Mitochondria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HEDGEHOG; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; INSECTIVORA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY;

ACOMYS; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ECHINOPS TELFAIRI; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MYOXIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SORICIDAE; SPINY; SUIDAE; TENREC; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 0037303126     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.107     Document Type: Article

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