Evolutionary patterns and phylogeny of tits and chickadees (genus Parus) based on the sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 145-156

  Kvist, Laura ^a   Ruokonen, Minna ^a   Orell, Markku ^a   Lumme, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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