A new estimate of afrotherian phylogeny based on simultaneous analysis of genomic, morphological, and fossil evidence

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Seiffert, Erik R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENOMICS; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEOGENE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; TAXONOMY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AFROTHERIA; HYRACOIDEA; MACROSCELIDEA; MAMMALIA; PAENUNGULATA; PROBOSCIDEA (MAMMAL); SIRENIA; TUBULIDENTATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 39749180353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-224     Document Type: Article

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