Relative-rate tests and biological causes of molecular evolution in hummingbirds

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 481-491

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; DNA hybridization; Generation time; Hummingbirds; Metabolic rate; Relative rate test

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GERM LINE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031947334     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025947     Document Type: Article

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