Molecular systematics of armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): Contribution of maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-275

  Delsuc, Frédéric ^a,c   Stanhope, Michael J ^b,d   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armadillos; Evolutionary dynamics; Maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetics; Mitochondrial and nuclear markers; Molecular systematics; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO; CABASSOUS; CHAETOPHRACTUS; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; DASYPODINAE; EDENTATA; EUPHRACTUS; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; PRIODONTES;

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA PRIMERS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0141609701     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00111-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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