Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, and phylogeny of crocodiles

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2050-2054

  Wu, Xiaobing ^a,c   Wang, Yiquan ^a,b   Zhou, Kaiya ^a   Zhu, Weiquan ^a   Nie, Jishan ^d   Wang, Chaolin ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Anhui Research Center for Chinese Alligator Reproduction   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese alligator; Complete sequence; Divergence time; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATOR SINENSIS; CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746669888     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wc0076     Document Type: Article

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