The phylogenetic relationship of tetrapod, coelacanth, and lungfish revealed by the sequences of forty-four nuclear genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1512-1524

  Takezaki, Naoko ^a,c   Figueroa, Felipe ^a   Zaleska Rutczynska, Zofia ^a   Takahata, Naoyuki ^b   Klein, Jan ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coelacanth; Lobe finned fish; Lungfish; Phylogenetic analyses; Tetrapod evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COELACANTH; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LUNGFISH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TETRAPOD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERTEBRATES;

CROSSOPTERYGII; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242743113     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh150     Document Type: Article

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