Molecular phylogeny of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae)

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Lu, Shunqing ^a,b,c   Yuan, Zhi Gang ^a,d   Pang, Junfeng ^a   Yang, Datong ^a   Yu, Fahong ^e   McGuire, Peter ^e   Xie, Feng ^b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,f  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Paramesotriton; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PARAMESOTRITON; PARAMESOTRITON CAUDOPUNCTATUS; PARAMESOTRITON FUZHONGENSIS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 3342990919     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIGI.0000026630.78770.fb     Document Type: Article

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