Sandokanid phylogeny based on eight molecular markers-The evolution of a southeast Asian endemic family of Laniatores (Arachnida, Opiliones)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 432-447

  Sharma, Prashant ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histone H4; Indonesia; Malaysia; Oncopodidae; Philippines; Sandokanidae; Sundaland; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HISTONES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARACHNIDA; GNOMULUS; LANIATORES; ONCOPODIDAE; OPILIONES;

EID: 67349191693     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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