Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 857-867

  Sanders, Kate L ^a,b   Mumpuni, ^c   Hamidy, Amir ^c   Head, Jason J ^d   Gower, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrochordus; Bayesian; Fossil; Morphology; Phylogeny; Relaxed clock; Snake

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES;

ACROCHORDUS; ACROCHORDUS ARAFURAE; ACROCHORDUS GRANULATUS; ACROCHORDUS JAVANICUS; MYA;

EID: 77954423826     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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