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Seidel, M. E., Iverson, J. B., & Adkins, M. D. (1986). Biochemical comparisons and phylogenetic relationships in the family kinosternidae (testudines). Copeia, 1986, 285–294.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Seidel1986b View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Claudius, Kinosternidae, Kinosternon, Kinosternon baurii, Kinosternon leucostomum, Kinosternon sonoriense, Kinosternon subrubrum, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Staurotypus, Sternotherus, Systematik = taxonomy Creators: Adkins, Iverson, Seidel Collection: Copeia |
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Electrophoretic relationships among 18 species, representing all four genera of kinosternid turtles, were defined by phenetic and cladistic analyses. Relatively little protein variation was observed among most species of Kinosternon from Mexico and Central America, except K. sonoriense and K. leucostomum. K. bauri and K. subrubrum, which inhabit the eastern United States, do not appear to be sister taxa to other Kinosternon species. Biochemical results, supported by previous karyotypic data, indicate that K. bauri and K. subrubrum are more closely allied to Sternotherus than to congeners; and that Kinosternon is a paraphyletic taxon. Electromorphic data support the thesis that Kinosterninae is a monophyletic subfamily divergent from Claudius and Staurotypus.
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