A phylogeny and timescale for the living genera of kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes: Marsupialia) based on nuclear DNA sequences

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-410

  Meredith, Robert W ^a   Westerman, Michael ^b   Springer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DNA; EOCENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OLIGOCENE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BETTONGIA; HYPSIPRYMNODON; HYPSIPRYMNODON MOSCHATUS; LAGOSTROPHUS; LAGOSTROPHUS FASCIATUS; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; POTOROIDAE; POTOROUS; THYLOGALE;

EID: 63149179208     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO08044     Document Type: Article

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