Horned lizard (Phrynosoma) phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial genes and morphological characters: Understanding conflicts using multiple approaches

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 961-971

  Hodges, Wendy L ^a,c   Zamudio, Kelly R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Data partitions; Mitochondrial genes; Morphology; ND4; Phrynosomatidae; Phylogeny; Squamate

Indexed keywords

PHRYNOSOMA; PHRYNOSOMA BRACONNIERI; PHRYNOSOMA DITMARSI; PHRYNOSOMA DOUGLASII; PHRYNOSOMA DOUGLASSII; PHRYNOSOMA HEMANDESI; PHRYNOSOMA HERNANDESI; PHRYNOSOMA MCALLII; PHRYNOSOMA ORBICULARE; PHRYNOSOMA PLATYRHINOS; PHRYNOSOMA TAURUS; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 2442447331     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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