Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical monkey genus, Alouatta

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-81

  Cortes Ortiz L ^a,b   Bermingham, E ^b   Rico, C ^a   Rodriguez Luna E ^c   Sampaio, I ^d   Ruiz Garcia M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Andes mountains; Ateles; Brachyteles; Calmodulin; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Panama Isthmus; Recombination activating gene 1; Riverine barriers

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA BELZEBUL; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ALOUATTA SARA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS MACCONNELLI; ATELES; BRACHYTELES;

EID: 0346525130     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00308-1     Document Type: Article

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