The evolution of the southern African members of the shrew genus Myosorex: Understanding the origin and diversification of a morphologically cryptic group

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 394-398

  Willows Munro, Sandi ^a   Matthee, Conrad A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHREW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHREWS;

MYOSOREX;

EID: 64749097979     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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