Diversification and biogeography of the Neotropical caviomorph lineage Octodontoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 417-429

  Upham, Nathan S ^a,b   Patterson, Bruce D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeographic reconstruction; Cenozoic; Divergence timing; Evolutionary radiation; New World; Octodontoidea

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RGA PROTEIN, MOUSE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RAT; RODENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ABROCOMIDAE; CAPROMYIDAE; CAPROMYS; CAVIIDAE; CAVIOMORPHA; CTENODACTYLIDAE; CTENODACTYLUS; CTENOMYIDAE; DASYPROCTIDAE; DINOMYIDAE; ECHIMYIDAE; HYDROCHAERIS; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MYOCASTOR; MYOCASTORIDAE; OCTODONTIDAE; PEDETES; PEDETES CAPENSIS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84858077564     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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