Dating of divergences within the Rattus genus phylogeny using whole mitochondrial genomes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 460-466

  Robins, Judith H ^a   McLenachan, Patricia A ^b   Phillips, Matthew J ^c   Craig, Lauren ^d   Ross, Howard A ^e   Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Divergence dates; Genus Rattus; Mitochondrial genomes; RY coding

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MYA; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS PRAETOR; RATTUS RATTUS; RATTUS TANEZUMI;

EID: 55049136427     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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