Python phylogenetics: Inference from morphology and mitochondrial DNA

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-619

  Rawlings, Lesley H ^a,b   Rabosky, Daniel L ^c   Donnellan, Stephen C ^a   Hutchinson, Mark N ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial control region; Phylogeny; Pythons; Snakes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SNAKE; TERTIARY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASPIDITES; PYTHON RETICULATUS; PYTHON TIMORIENSIS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 38849129372     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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