Molecular phylogenetics supports multiple evolutionary transitions from marine to freshwater habitats in ariid catfishes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 249-258

  Betancur R, R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ariidae; Character optimizations; Habitat transitions; Molecular phylogenetics; Sea catfishes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARIIDAE; OTOPHYSI; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 76849101387     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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