Slow rate of molecular evolution in high-elevation hummingbirds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 612-616

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; DNA hybridization; Molecular clock; Oxygen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0031882316     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.2.612     Document Type: Article

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