Multiple lineages of lice pass through the K-Pg boundary

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 782-785

  Smith, Vincent S ^a   Ford, Tom ^b   Johnson, Kevin P ^c   Johnson, Paul C D ^d   Yoshizawa, Kazunori ^e   Light, Jessica E ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cospeciation; Dating; Evolution; Phthiraptera

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; LOUSE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY;

AVES; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 80053893699     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0105     Document Type: Article

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