Fossils, molecules, divergence times, and the origin of Salamandroidea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5557-5558

  Anderson, Jason S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CLADOGENESIS; FOSSIL; FROG; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; TAXACEAE;

ANIMALS; URODELA;

SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84859581026     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202491109     Document Type: Note

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