Phylogeny, biogeography, and electric signal evolution of Neotropical knifefishes of the genus Gymnotus (Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 278-290

  Lovejoy, Nathan R ^a   Lester, Kristie ^b   Crampton, William G R ^c   Marques, Fernando P L ^d   Albert, James S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biogeography; Central America; Electric fishes; Knifefishes; Phylogeny; Signal evolution; South America

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GYMNOTIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; GYMNOTIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GYMNOTIDAE; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS; NOTOPTERIDAE; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES;

EID: 70649101220     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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