A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-506

  Gatesy, John ^a   Geisler, Jonathan H ^b   Chang, Joseph ^a   Buell, Carl ^c   Berta, Annalisa ^d   Meredith, Robert W ^a,e   Springer, Mark S ^a   McGowen, Michael R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baleen; Cetacea; Fossil; Hippo; PBS; Phylogeny; Supermatrix; TBR

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; UNGULATA;

EID: 84873096104     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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