New DNA data from a transthyretin nuclear intron suggest an Oligocene to Miocene diversification of living South America opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 363-379

  Steiner, Cynthia ^a   Tilak, Marie Ka ^a   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^a   Catzeflis, François M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Didelphidae; Evolutionary dynamics; Mitochondrial and nuclear markers; Molecular dating; Molecular systematics; Transthyretin intron 1

Indexed keywords

CHIRONECTES; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; GRACILINANUS; LUTREOLINA; MARMOSA; MARMOSOPS; METACHIRUS; METATHERIA; MICOUREUS; MONODELPHIS; PHILANDER; THYLAMYS;

EID: 15744380228     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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