Mitogenomic analysis of the genus Panthera

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 917-930

  Wei, Lei ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Bing ^a   Zhu, Li Xin ^c   Jiang, Zhi Gang ^d  

^a ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Suzhou Vocational Technology College   (China)

^c CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

divergence time; mtDNA; Panthera pardus; Panthera tigris; Panthera uncia; phylogeny; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FELIDAE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FELIDAE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; UNCIA; UNCIA UNCIA;

EID: 80155151755     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4219-1     Document Type: Article

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