Polyphyletic origin of the genus amaurornis inferred from molecular phylogenetic analysis of rails

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 959-966

  Ruan, Luzhang ^a   Wang, Yushi ^a   Hu, Jinrun ^a   Ouyang, Yi ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT I; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMAURORNIS; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPHYLY; WADER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMAURORNIS;

EID: 84871203963     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: 15734927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-012-9535-z     Document Type: Article

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