Toward a molecular phylogeny for Peromyscus: Evidence from mitochondrial cytochrome-b sequences

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1146-1159

  Bradley, Robert D ^a   Durish, Nevin D ^a   Rogers, Duke S ^b   Miller, Jacqueline R ^c,d   Engstrom, Mark D ^c,d   Kilpatrick, C William ^e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b gene; Peromyscus; Phylogeny; Species group; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; CLADISTICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

BAIOMYS; HABROMYS; ISTHMOMYS; MEGADONTOMYS; NEOTOMODON; OSGOODOMYS; PEROMYSCUS; PODOMYS; REITHRODONTOMYS;

EID: 35548940373     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-342R.1     Document Type: Article

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