Molecular Systematics of the Malagasy Babblers (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) and Warblers (Passeriformes: Sylviidae), Based on Cytochrome b and 16S rRNA Sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 581-595

  Cibois, Alice ^a   Pasquet, Eric ^a   Schulenberg, Thomas S ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Timaliidae; Sylviidae; Madagascar; molecular phylogeny; cytochrome b; 16S rRNA; parsimony.

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RNA 16S;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033258096     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0684     Document Type: Article

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