Rates and patterns of mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution in fringilline finches (Fringilla spp.) and the Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 638-646

  Marshall, H Dawn ^a   Baker, Allan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carduelis chloris; Evolutionary rates; Fringilla spp.; mtDNA; Patterns of substitution; Phylogenetic utility

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CHLORIS; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031867072     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025967     Document Type: Article

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