Molecular systematics of dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae) and the radiation of Graphiurus in Africa

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1527, 2003, Pages 1947-1955

  Montgelard, Claudine ^a,b   Matthee, Conrad A ^b   Robinson, Terence J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gliridae; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Nuclear DNA; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPECTRIN; THYROTROPIN;

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENETIC LINE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

GRAPHIURINAE; GRAPHIURUS; LEITHIINAE; MUSCARDINUS; MYOXIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141637291     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2458     Document Type: Article

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