Molecular phylogeny of Megaloceros giganteus - The giant deer or just a giant red deer?

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1031-1044

  Kuehn, Ralph ^a   Ludt, Christian J ^a   Schroeder, Wolfgang ^a   Rottmann, Oswald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cervidae; Cytochrome b; Nested PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DEER; DNA PRIMERS; FOSSILS; GENE COMPONENTS; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MEGALOCEROS; MEGALOCEROS GIGANTEUS;

EID: 27644457348     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1031     Document Type: Article

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