Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of tanagers in the genus Ramphocelus (Aves)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 368-382

  Hackett, Shannon J ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; GALLIFORMES; RAMPHOCELUS; RAMPHOCELUS BRESILIUS; RAMPHOCELUS CARBO; RAMPHOCELUS COSTARICENSIS; RAMPHOCELUS ICTERONOTUS; RAMPHOCELUS NIGROGULARIS; RAMPHOCELUS PASSERINII;

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECUADOR; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; COSTA RICA; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECUADOR; GEOGRAPHY; LOUISIANA; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER, THR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030125185     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1996.0032     Document Type: Article

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