Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6992, 2004, Pages 649-651

  Roca, Alfred L ^a   Bar Gal, Gila Kahila ^b   Eizirik, Eduardo ^b,c   Helgen, Kristofer M ^d   Maria, Roberto ^e   Springer, Mark S ^f   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b   Murphy, William J ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Parque Zoológico Nacional   (Dominican Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES;

INSECTIVORES; SOLENODONS;

INSECT CONTROL;

CONSERVATION; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; INSECTIVORE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CRETACEOUS; DISPERSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EULIPOTYPHLAN INSECTIVORE; EVOLUTION; INSECTIVORE; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLENODON CUBANUS; SOLENODON PARADOXUS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; VICARIANCE; WEST INDIAN INSECTIVORE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CUBA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; GENETICS; INSECT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SOLENODON CUBANUS; SOLENODON PARADOXUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CUBA; DIET; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; INSECTS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 2942627753     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02597     Document Type: Article

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