Evolutionary history of Cuban crocodiles Crocodylus rhombifer and Crocodylus acutus inferred from multilocus markers

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 358-375

  Milián García, Yoamel ^a   Venegas Anaya, Miryam ^b,c   Frias Soler, Roberto ^a   Crawford, Andrew J ^b,d   Ramos Targarona, Roberto ^e   Rodríguez Soberón, Roberto ^e   Alonso Tabet, Manuel ^e   Thorbjarnarson, John ^f   Sanjur, Oris I ^b   Espinosa López, Georgina ^a   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^e Empresa Nacional para la Protección de la Flora y la Fauna ^*  (Cuba)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLELES; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CUBA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS ACUTUS; CROCODYLUS RHOMBIFER;

EID: 79958079906     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.683     Document Type: Article

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