The early history of modern birds inferred from DNA sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-457

  Van Tuinen, Marcel ^b   Sibley, Charles G ^b   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fossil record bias; Galloanserae; Molecular avian phylogeny; Neoaves; Palaeognathae Neognathae; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANAS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; NEOGNATHAE; NEORNITHES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PASSERIFORMES; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 0034000984     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026324     Document Type: Article

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