Analyses of mitochondrial DNA nest ratite birds within the Neognathae: Supporting a neotenous origin of ratite morphological characters

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1416, 1999, Pages 305-309

  Härlid, Anna ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corvus frugilegus; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny; Neoteny; Passeriformes; Ratites

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORVUS FRUGILEGUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RHEA AMERICANA; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 0033531328     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0638     Document Type: Article

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