Systematics of the subfamily Danioninae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 189-214

  Tang, Kevin L ^a   Agnew, Mary K ^a   Hirt, M Vincent ^b   Sado, Tetsuya ^c   Schneider, Leah M ^a   Freyhof, Jörg ^d   Sulaiman, Zohrah ^e   Swartz, Ernst ^f   Vidthayanon, Chavalit ^g   Miya, Masaki ^c   Saitoh, Kenji ^h   Simons, Andrew M ^b   Wood, Robert M ^a   Mayden, Richard L ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g NAKHON RATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chedrini; COI; Cyprinidae; Cypriniformes; Cytb; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome c oxidase I; Danio; Danioninae; Danionini; Nomenclature; Phylogeny; RAG1; Rasborinae; Rasborini; Rhodopsin; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYPRINIDAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMBLYPHARYNGODON; BARILIUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DANIO; DANIO NIGROFASCIATUS; DANIO RERIO; ESOMUS; INLECYPRIS; LUCIOSOMA; OPSARIDIUM; PISCES; RAIAMAS; RASBORA; RASBORINAE; SALMOSTOMA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77956230551     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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