Phylogenetic relationships of the Asian palm civets (Hemigalinae & Paradoxurinae, Viverridae, Carnivora)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 883-892

  Patou, Marie Lilith ^a   Debruyne, Régis ^b   Jennings, Andrew P ^a   Zubaid, Akbar ^c   Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine Japning ^d,e   Veron, Géraldine ^a  

^a Cedex   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Peninsular Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^e DWNP   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hemigalinae; Molecular dating; Molecular phylogeny; Paradoxurinae; Viverridae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; FIBRINOGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CYTOCHROMES B; EXONS; FIBRINOGEN; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIVERRIDAE;

ARCTOGALIDIA TRIVIRGATA; CARNIVORA; CYNOGALE BENNETTII; HEMIGALINAE; MAMMALIA; PARADOXURINAE; PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS; VIVERRIDAE; VIVERRINAE;

EID: 44149087563     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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