Each flying fox on its own branch: A phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-95

  Almeida, Francisca C ^a,b   Giannini, Norberto P ^a,b   Simmons, Nancy B ^a   Helgen, Kristofer M ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Island taxa; Molecular phylogeny; Pteropodidae; Pteropus; Sequencing of museum specimens

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899652300     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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