Phylogenetic position of Pelusios williamsi and a critique of current GenBank procedures (Reptilia: Testudines: Pelomedusidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-154

  Fritz, Uwe ^a   Vargas Ramírez, Mario ^a   Siroky, Pavel ^b  

^a Museum of Zoology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Africa; Kenya; mtDNA; nDNA; phylogeny; systematics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

KENYA;

PELOMEDUSA; PELOMEDUSIDAE; PELUSIOS; PELUSIOS BROADLEYI; PELUSIOS CASTANEUS; PELUSIOS CASTANOIDES; PELUSIOS GABONENSIS; PELUSIOS SEYCHELLENSIS; PELUSIOS WILLIAMSI; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84865846345     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853812X627204     Document Type: Article

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