Molecular phylogenetic analyses of genus Crocodylus (Eusuchia, Crocodylia, Crocodylidae) and the taxonomic position of Crocodylus porosus

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 393-402

  Meganathan, P R ^a   Dubey, Bhawna ^a   Batzer, Mark A ^b   Ray, David A ^b   Haque, Ikramul ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodylus; Crocodylus porosus; Genetic distances; Intrageneric relationship; Mitochondrial genome; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; CROCODYLUS INTERMEDIUS; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; CROCODYLUS SIAMENSIS; EUSUCHIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77956231083     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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