Timing the origin of New World monkeys

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1620-1625

  Schrago, Carlos G ^a   Russo, Claudia A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Molecular clock; Platyrrhini

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; ANIMAL; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

CEBUS; HYLOBATES; MACACA; MYA; PAPIO; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO; PRIMATES; TARSIUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 3343008856     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg172     Document Type: Article

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