Erratum to "Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae)" [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 52 (2009) 321-328] (DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.024);Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial genes resolve the branching order of a rapid radiation of crested newts (Triturus, Salamandridae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Espregueira Themudo, G ^a,b   Wielstra, B ^a,c   Arntzen, J W ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary radiation; Introns; Nuclear markers; Phylogenetic network; Phylogeny; Polytomy; Species tree; Triturus arntzenii; Triturus cristatus superspecies; Triturus karelinii

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CRISTATUS; TRITURUS KARELINII;

EID: 65649096520     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.015     Document Type: Erratum

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