Species delineation and evolutionary history of the globally distributed spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-283

  Richards, Vincent P ^a,b   Henning, Marcy ^a   Witzell, Wayne ^c   Shivji, Mahmood S ^a,b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoid; Conservation; Evolutionary history; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2;

AETOBATUS NARINARI; AFRICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PANAMA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; ELASMOBRANCHII; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AETOBATUS NARINARI; ANTHOZOA; BATOIDEA;

EID: 65349083889     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp005     Document Type: Article

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