Relationships among characiform fishes inferred from analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-153

  Calcagnotto, Daniela ^a   Schaefer, Scott A ^a   DeSalle, Rob ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Characiformes; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA; FISH PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SEVEN IN ABSENTIA PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TROPOMYOSIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROPOMYOSIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

ALESTIDAE; CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; CITHARINIDAE; CRENUCHIDAE; CTENOLUCIIDAE; CYNODONTIDAE; DISTICHODONTIDAE; ERYTHRINIDAE; HEMIODONTIDAE; HEPSETIDAE; LEBIASINIDAE; PARODONTINAE; PISCES; SERRASALMIDAE; SIA;

EID: 19444377785     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.004     Document Type: Article

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