DNA hybridization evidence for the principal lineages of hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-343

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^c   Kirsch, John A W ^a   Matheus, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

^b MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; DNA hybridization; hermit; hummingbirds; nonhermit; phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACESTRURA; ACESTRURA MULSANT; AGLAIOCERCUS; AGLAIOCERCUS COELESTIS; AMAZILIA TZACATL; ANDRODON AEQUATORIALIS; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; APUS APUS; AQUILA; ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS; AVES; CAMPYLOPTERUS VILLAVISCENSIO; CHAETURA PELAGICA; CHLOROSTILBON MELLISUGUS; COELIGENA; COLIBRI CORUSCANS; DORYFERA LUDOVICIAE; ERIOCNEMIS; EUGENES FULGENS; EULAMPIS; EULAMPIS HOLOSERICEUS; EUTOXERES AQUILA; HELIODOXA; HELIOTHRYX BARROTI; LAMPORNIS CLEMENCIAE; LESBIA; LESBIA VICTORIAE; MYRTIS; MYRTIS FANNY; OREOTROCHILUS; OREOTROCHILUS CHIMBORAZO; ORTHORHYNCUS CRISTATUS; PHILODICE; PHILODICE MITCHELLII; POPELAIRIA CONVERSII; THALURANIA COLOMBICA; THRENETES RUCKERI; TROCHILIDAE; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0031047849     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025767     Document Type: Article

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