Confrontation of morphological and molecular data: The Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae) as a case of adaptive convergences and morphological stasis

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 899-919

  Lecompte, E ^a   Denys, C ^a   Granjon, L ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Africa; Cytochrome b; Evolutionary rates; IRBP; Morphology; Phylogeny; Stasis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MURINAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALATE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UDDER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; PALATE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MALACOMYS; MALACOMYS VERSCHURENI; MURINAE; PRAOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 27744531732     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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