Dissecting the major American snake radiation: A molecular phylogeny of the Dipsadidae Bonaparte (Serpentes, Caenophidia)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Vidal, Nicolas ^a   Dewynter, Maël ^b   Gower, David J ^c  

^a adaptation ^*  (France)

^b Cellule Étude et Gestion de la Biodiversité   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; Alethinophidia; Colubroidea; Dipsadinae; Heterodontinae; Xenodontinae

Indexed keywords

RNA 12S; RNA 16S;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CAENOPHIDIA; CLADISTICS; DIPSADIDAE BONAPARTE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENUS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERPENTES; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

ALETHINOPHIDIA; COLUBROIDEA; CONOPHIS; DIPSADINAE; ERYTHROLAMPRUS; HYDRODYNASTES; LEPTODEIRA; LIOPHIS; MANOLEPIS; SERPENTES; TAENIOPHALLUS; TROPIDODRYAS; XENODONTINAE;

EID: 76749164757     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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