Evolution of the monotremes: Phylogenetic relationship to marsupials and eutherians, and estimation of divergence dates based on α-lactalbumin amino acid sequences

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Messer, Michael ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^a   Shaw, Denis C ^b   Westerman, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna; Lysozyme; Monotremes; Phylogeny; Platypus; lactalbumin

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083456     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020523120739     Document Type: Article

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