Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial Australo-Papuan elapid snakes (subfamily Hydrophiinae) based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences.

doi:10.1006/mpev.1997.0471

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Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial Australo-Papuan elapid snakes (subfamily Hydrophiinae) based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 1998

Keogh J S, Shine R, Donnellan S

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Phylogenetic relationships among the venomous Australo-Papuan elapid snake radiation remain poorly resolved, despite the application of diverse data sets. To examine phylogenetic relationships among this enigmatic group, portions of the cytochrome b and 16S rRNA mitochondrial DNA genes were seque...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Cytochrome b Group
DNA, Mitochondrial
DNA, Ribosomal
Elapidae
Genetic Variation
Phylogeny
Pseudogenes
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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