The world's smallest vertebrate species of the genus Paedocypris: A new family of freshwater fishes and the sister group to the world's most diverse clade of freshwater fishes (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 152-175

  Mayden, Richard L ^a   Chen, Wei Jen ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cypriniformes; Nuclear genes; Paedocypris; Phylogeny; Smallest vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYPRINIDAE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACHEILOGNATHINAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRININAE; CYPRINOIDEA; GOBIONINAE; LEUCISCINAE; PISCES; PSILORHYNCHIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956227488     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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