Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1300-1307

  Hughes, Janice M ^a   Baker, Allan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuckoos; Cuculidae; Hoatzin; Musophagidae; Opisthocomus hoazin; Turacos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MUSOPHAGIDAE; MUSOPHAGIFORMES; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; RIPARIA;

EID: 0032820050     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026220     Document Type: Article

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