Assessing the phylogenetic signal of the nuclear β-Fibrinogen intron 7 in salamandrids (Amphibia: Salamandridae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Sequeira, Fernando ^a,b   Ferrand, Nuno ^a,b   Harris, D James ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen intron 7; Amphibians; Phylogeneticanalysis; Salamandridae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOMARKER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33748525200     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806778190114     Document Type: Article

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