The first DNA phylogeny of four species of Mesobuthus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Eurasia

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 412-420

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a   Fet, Victor ^b   Gromov, Alexander V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

16S; Biogeography; Buthidae; coxI; DNA; Mesobuthus; Phylogeny; Protein kinase; Scorpions

Indexed keywords

BUTHIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MESOBUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS CAUCASICUS; MESOBUTHUS CYPRIUS; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; MESOBUTHUS GIBBOSUS; OLIVIERUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0842302330     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/H01-23     Document Type: Article

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