Strong morphological support for the molecular evolutionary tree of placental mammals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2243-2257

  Lee, M S Y ^a,b   Camens, A B ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cladistics; Eutheria; Hidden branch support; Homoplasy; Mammalia; Molecular phylogenetics; Morphological phylogenetics; Partitioned branch support; Placentalia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EXON; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INDEL MUTATION; INTRON; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXONS; INDEL MUTATION; INTRONS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350393825     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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