Molecular evidence for the last survivor of an ancient kangaroo lineage

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-223

  Westerman, Michael ^a,d   Burk, Angela ^a   Amrine Madsen, Heather M ^b   Prideaux, Gavin J ^b   Case, Judd A ^a   Springer, Mark S ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded hare wallaby; Conservation genetics; Kangaroo; Marsupialia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042718469     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022697300092     Document Type: Article

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