A phylogenetic analysis of Pseudonaja (Hydrophiinae, Elapidae, Serpentes) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 558-571

  Skinner, Adam ^a,b   Donnellan, Stephen C ^b   Hutchinson, Mark N ^b   Hutchinson, Rhonda G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Brown snake; Karyotype; ND4; Species

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELAPIDAE; KARYOTYPING; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER;

ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHIINAE; PSEUDONAJA; PSEUDONAJA AFFINIS; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI;

EID: 26444588643     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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