Rates of molecular evolution in nuclear genes of east Mediterranean scorpions

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2486-2497

  Gantenbein, Benjamin ^a,b   Keightley, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

East Mediterranean; Local molecular clock; Mesobuthus; Nuclear protein coding DNA; Scorpions

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DIVERGENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BUTHIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MESOBUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS CYPRIUS; MESOBUTHUS GIBBOSUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 9244220665     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00878.x     Document Type: Article

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