Molecular evidence and marine snake origins

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lizards; Molecular systematics; Mosasaurs; Phylogeny; Snakes

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; LIZARD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 16244404745     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0282     Document Type: Article

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