Mitogenomic analyses place the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) on the crocodile tree and provide pre-K/T divergence times for most crocodilians

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 620-626

  Janke, Axel ^a   Gullberg, Anette ^a   Hughes, Sandrine ^b,c   Aggarwal, Ramesh K ^d   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Crocodylia; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular dating; Phylogeny; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SURVIVAL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); GAVIALINAE; GAVIALIS GANGETICUS; REPTILIA; TOMISTOMA; TOMISTOMA SCHLEGELII;

EID: 27744569959     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0336-9     Document Type: Article

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