A phylogenetic hypothesis for Crocodylus (Crocodylia) based on mitochondrial DNA: Evidence for a trans-Atlantic voyage from Africa to the New World

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Meredith, Robert W ^a   Hekkala, Evon R ^b   Amato, George ^c   Gatesy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Crocodylus; Dispersal; Genome; Mitochondrial; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AFRICA; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CODON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 79956371379     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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