18S ribosomal RNA and tetrapod phylogeny

Systematic Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-295

  Xia, Xuhua ^a   Xie, Zheng ^a,b   Kjer, Karl M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Alignment; Indel; Molecular phylogenetics; RNA secondary structure; Tetrapod phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0038487293     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150390196948     Document Type: Article

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