Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic longtailed rattlesnakes (Crotalus ericsmithi, C. lannomi, and C. stejnegeri)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 524-534

  Reyes Velasco, Jacobo ^a,b   Meik, Jesse M ^a,c   Smith, Eric N ^a   Castoe, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Entorno Biotico AC   (Mexico)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican biogeography; Phylogenetic relationships; Rattlesnake species groups; Snake evolution; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS LANNOMI; CROTALUS STEJNEGERI; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; MYA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CROTALUS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MEXICAN BIOGEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RATTLESNAKE SPECIES GROUPS; SNAKE EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY;

MEXICAN BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; RATTLESNAKE SPECIES GROUPS; SNAKE EVOLUTION; SYSTEMATICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CROTALUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEXICO; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84884589948     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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