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Amino Acid Sequence Data and Evolutionary Relationships among Hystricognaths and Other Rodents

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Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents

Part of the book series: NATO Advanced Science Institutes (ASI) Series ((NSSA,volume 92))

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The study of metabolic pathways and of biomacromolecules like proteins and nucleic acids supplies molecular data useful for deriving evolutionary relationships between taxa.

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    Jaap J. Beintema

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    W. Patrick Luckett

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    Jean-Louis Hartenberger

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Beintema, J.J. (1985). Amino Acid Sequence Data and Evolutionary Relationships among Hystricognaths and Other Rodents. In: Luckett, W.P., Hartenberger, JL. (eds) Evolutionary Relationships among Rodents. NATO Advanced Science Institutes (ASI) Series, vol 92. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0539-0_20

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