Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of Caiman crocodilus in MesoAmerica and South America

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 614-627

  Venegas Anaya, Miryam ^a,b   Crawford, Andrew J ^a   Escobedo Galván, Armando H ^a,c   Sanjur, Oris I ^a   Densmore III, Llewellyn D ^b   Bermingham, Eldredge ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAIMAN CROCODILUS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 57749207904     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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