Homoplastic evolution of external colouration in Asian stout newts (Pachytriton) inferred from molecular phylogeny

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-22

  Wu, Yunke ^a   Wang, Yuezhao ^b   Jiang, Ke ^c   Chen, Xin ^d   Hanken, James ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACHYTRITON; PACHYTRITON LABIATUS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 73349137630     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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