Phylogeny of the Elopomorpha (Teleostei): Evidence from six nuclear and mitochondrial markers

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-161

  Chen, Jhen Nien ^a   López, J Andrés ^b,c   Lavoué, Sébastien ^a   Miya, Masaki ^d   Chen, Wei Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albuliformes; Notacanthiformes; Nuclear genes; Paralogous EGR3 gene; Protanguillidae; Saccopharyngiformes

Indexed keywords

ALBULIFORMES; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANGUILLOIDEI; CLUPEOCEPHALA; CONGRIDAE; CONGROIDEI; ELOPIFORMES; ELOPOMORPHA; MURAENESOCIDAE; MURAENOIDEI; NOTACANTHIFORMES; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES; SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

ALBULIFORMES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA SEQUENCE; EEL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NOTACANTHIFORMES; NUCLEAR GENES; PARALOGOUS EGR3 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PROTANGUILLIDAE; SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES; TAIWAN;

ALBULIFORMES; NOTACANTHIFORMES; NUCLEAR GENES; PARALOGOUS EGR3 GENE; PROTANGUILLIDAE; SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; EELS; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84885502865     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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