Phylogenetic relationships within the Alcidae (charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from total molecular evidence

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Friesen, V L ^a,c   Baker, A J ^a   Piatt, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; allozymes; congruence; cytochrome b; evolution; marbled murrelet; phylogenetics; total evidence

Indexed keywords

ALLOENZYME; CYTOCHROME B; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALCIDAE; ALLE ALLE; ANIMALIA; AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS PERDIX; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; FRATERCULA CORNICULATA; LARIDAE; MURRELET; PERDIX; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; RHINOCEROS; URIA;

EID: 0030028278     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025595     Document Type: Article

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