Nuclear DNA sequences detect species limits in ancient moa

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6954, 2003, Pages 175-178

  Huynen, L ^a   Millar, C D ^b   Scofield, R P ^c   Lambert, D M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENES;

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA;

BIRD; GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINORNIS; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOSSILS; MALE; PALAEOGNATHAE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141496288     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01838     Document Type: Article

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