Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving enigmatic relationships

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-337

  Flynn, John J ^a,b,c   Finarelli, John A ^a,b   Zehr, Sarah ^a   Hsu, Johnny ^a,b   Nedbal, Michael A ^a,d  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Carnivora; Parsimony; Phylogeny; Resolution; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PREALBUMIN; PRIMER DNA; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL-BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN; THYROXINE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CARNIVORA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EYE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYROXINE-BINDING PROTEINS;

AILURUS; CANIFORMIA; CARNIVORA; EIRA; FELIDAE; FELIFORMIA; GULO; HERPESTIDAE; HYAENIDAE; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MEPHITIDAE; NANDINIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PROCYONIDAE; TAXIDIINAE; URSIDAE; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 19044400807     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150590923326     Document Type: Article

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