Genets (Carnivora, Viverridae) in Africa: An evolutionary synthesis based on cytochrome b sequences and morphological characters

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-610

  Gaubert, Philippe ^a   Fernandes, Carlos A ^b   Bruford, Michael W ^b   Veron, Geraldine ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral estimate; Correlated evolution; Divergence time; Evolutionary scenario; Genetta; Maximum likelihood; Morphology; Phylogeny; Rain forest refugia; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

CARNIVORA; GENETTA; GENETTA BOURLONI; GENETTA CRISTATA; GENETTA GENETTA; GENETTA TIGRINA; GENETTA VICTORIAE; POIANA; VIVERRIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 13244293828     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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