Phylogeny and biogeography of ratite birds inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Van Tuinen, Marcel ^a   Sibley, Charles G ^b   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gondwana; Molecular phylogeny; Ratitc evolution; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031976277     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025933     Document Type: Article

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