The Out-of-India hypothesis: What do molecules suggest?

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-697

  Datta Roy, Aniruddha ^a   Praveen Karanth, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Gondwanan biogeography; India; Molecular dating; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GONDWANA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RELICT SPECIES;

ASIAN; BIOTA; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; VERTEBRATES;

INDIA;

EID: 72949110839     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0057-8     Document Type: Review

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