Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the African mole-rats, genus Cryptomys and the new genus Coetomys Gray, 1864

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 997-1014

  Ingram, Colleen M ^a   Burda, Hynek ^b   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Bathyergidae; Chromosomes; Coetomys; Cryptomys; Molecular phylogeny; mtDNA; Rodentia; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

BATHYERGIDAE; BATHYERGUS; COETOMYS; CRYPTOMYS; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; GEORYCHUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 2442482784     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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