Molecular Systematics and Biogeography of Aridland Gnatcatchers (GenusPolioptila) and Evidence Supporting Species Status of the California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-32

  Zink, Robert M ^a   Blackwell, Rachelle C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031991249     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0444     Document Type: Article

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