Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Lepus in Eastern Asia based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-61

  Wu, Chunhua ^a,f   Wu, Jianping ^c   Bunch, Thomas D ^d   Li, Qingwei ^e   Wang, Yingxiang ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Lepus; Molecular phylogenetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HARE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HARES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LEPORIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS SINENSIS;

EID: 25144510068     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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