Data set incongruence and correlated character evolution: An example of functional convergence in the hind-limbs of stifftail diving ducks

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 683-714

  Mccracken, Kevin G ^a,c   Harshman, John ^b   Mcclellan, David A ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Anseriformes; Behavior; Congruence analysis; Cytochrome b; Diving; Foraging ecology; Functional morphology; Oxyurinae

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AYTHYA; BIZIURA; GALLIFORMES; HETERONETTA; HYMENOLAIMUS; LEUCOCEPHALA; MERGANETTA; NOMONYX; OXYURA AUSTRALIS; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS; OXYURA LEUCOCEPHALA; OXYURA VITTATA; TACHYERES;

CYTOCHROME B;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DUCK; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DUCKS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HINDLIMB; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0033278652     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599259979     Document Type: Article

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