Turtle phylogeny: Insights from a novel nuclear intron

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1031-1040

  Fujita, Matthew K ^a,b   Engstrom, Tag N ^a,c   Starkey, David E ^a   Shaffer, H Bradley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Intron; Nuclear phylogenetics; RNA fingerprint protein 35; Trionychoidea; Turtle phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHELIDAE; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHOIDEA;

EID: 2442630476     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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