Molecular evidence for species level divergence in African Nile Crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1786);Preuve moléculaire de divergence au niveau spécifique chez le crocodile du Nil : Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti 1786)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 703-712

  Schmitz, Andreas ^a   Mansfeld, Patrick ^a   Hekkala, Evon ^b,d   Shine, Tara ^c   Nickel, Hemmo ^a   Amato, George ^d   Böhme, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Zoologisches Forsch Inst Mus A   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Ireland)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

12S mtDNA; Bayesian analysis; C. niloticus; C. suchus; Crocodylus; Maximum likelihood; Mecistops; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CROCODILIAN; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; CROCODYLUS SUCHUS; OSTEOLAEMUS; PALEOSUCHUS; PALEOSUCHUS PALPEBROSUS;

EID: 0842284522     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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