Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the australian freshwater fish genus Galaxiella, with an emphasis on dwarf galaxias (G. pusilla)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Unmack, Peter J ^a,b   Bagley, Justin C ^b   Adams, Mark ^c,d   Hammer, Michael P ^c,e   Johnson, Jerald B ^b  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CENOZOIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FRESHWATER FISH; GALAXIELLA; GALAXIELLA BULLOCKI; GALAXIELLA MUNDA; GALAXIELLA NIGROSTRIATA; GALAXIELLA PUSILLA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOLOCENE; INTRON; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER; SEA LEVEL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OSMERIFORMES;

GALAXIAS DIVERGENS; GALAXIELLA; GALAXIELLA PUSILLA; GALAXIIDAE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; FRESH WATER; OSMERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861866228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038433     Document Type: Article

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