Reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships of the earth's most diverse clade of freshwater fishes-order Cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi): A case study using multiple nuclear loci and the mitochondrial genome

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 500-514

  Mayden, Richard L ^a   Chen, Wei Jen ^a   Bart, Henry L ^b   Doosey, Michael H ^b   Simons, Andrew M ^c   Tang, Kevin L ^a   Wood, Robert M ^a   Agnew, Mary K ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Hirt, M Vincent ^c   Clements, Mark D ^b   Saitoh, Kenji ^d   Sado, Tetsuya ^e   Miya, Masaki ^e   Nishida, Mutsumi ^f  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c Bell Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cypriniformes; Evolution; Mitochondrial genes; Mitogenome; Nuclear genes; Phylogeny reconstruction; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CYPRINIFORMES; OSTARIOPHYSI; PISCES;

EID: 67349147341     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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