Resolving deep phylogenetic relationships in salamanders: Analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genomic data

Systematic Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 758-777

  Weisrock, David W ^a,b   Harmon, Luke J ^a   Larson, Allan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; DNA simulation; Internal fertilization; Mitochondrial DNA; Parsimony; Ribosomal RNA; Salamander

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URODELA;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; NECTURUS; PROTEIDAE; PROTEUS (MUDPUPPY); SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 31344435354     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150500234641     Document Type: Article

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