Molecular evidence for a terrestrial origin of snakes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Vidal, Nicolas ^a   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lizards; Mosasaurs; Phylogeny; Reptiles; Squamates

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LAND BIOME; LIZARD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANUS;

EID: 2342633801     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0151     Document Type: Article

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