Phylogenetic relationships of elopomorph fishes inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 202-214

  Obermiller, Lewis E ^a   Pfeiler, Edward ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALBULIDAE; ALBULIFORMES; ANGUILLIFORMES; CLUPEOMORPHA; CYEMATIDAE; ELOPIDAE; ELOPIFORMES; ELOPOMORPHA; EURYPHARYNGIDAE; MEGALOPIDAE; NEMICHTHYIDAE; NOTACANTHIDAE; NOTACANTHIFORMES; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; PISCES; SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES; SERRIVOMERIDAE; TELEOSTEI; THALASSENCHELYS COHENI;

EID: 0037331939     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00327-5     Document Type: Article

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