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Turtles and crocs: Strange relations
Genetic evidence moves turtles to a new place in the reptile family tree.
References:
Hedges, S.B., and L.L. Poling. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283(Feb. 12):998.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1998. Turtle genes upset reptilian family tree. Science News 154(Dec. 5):358.
Sources:
S. Blair Hedges
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics and Astrobiology Research Center
208 Mueller Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Laura L. Poling
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Biology
Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics and Astrobiology Research Center
208 Mueller Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Olivier C. Rieppel
Field Museum of Natural History
Department of Geology
Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 10, March 6, 1999, p. 159. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
