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Turtle genes upset reptilian family tree

A genetic study suggests that turtles are not a primitive form of vertebrate.

References:

Zardoya, R., and A. Meyer. 1998. Complete mitochondrial genome indicates diapsid affinities of turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(Nov. 24):14226.

Sources:

Michael S.Y. Lee
Monash University
Department of Biological Sciences
Clayton, Melbourne VIC 3168
Australia

Axel Meyer
University of Konstanz
Department of Biology
D-78457 Konstanz
Germany

Rafael Zardoya
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Jose Gutierrez Abascal, 2
28006 Madrid
Spain

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 23, December 5, 1998, p. 358. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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