Analysis of complete mitochondrial genome sequences increases phylogenetic resolution of bears (Ursidae), a mammalian family that experienced rapid speciation

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yu, Li ^a   Li, Yi Wei ^a   Ryder, Oliver A ^c   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME;

MAMMALIA; MELURSUS URSINUS; TREMARCTOS ORNATUS; URSIDAE; URSUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URSIDAE;

EID: 37349066179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-198     Document Type: Article

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