Phylogeny of the beaked whale genus Mesoplodon (Ziphiidae: Cetacea) revealed by nuclear introns: Implications for the evolution of male tusks

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 857-875

  Dalebout, Merel L ^a   Steel, Debbie ^b,c   Baker, C Scott ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Nuclear introns; Phylogeny; Sexual selection; Teeth; Weapons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; WHALE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; INTRONS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; WHALES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MESOPLODON; UNGULATA; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 58149215694     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150802559257     Document Type: Article

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