A phylogenetic study of the malagasy couas with insights into cuckoo relationships

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 436-444

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c   Lanyon, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Cuculidae; Cytochrome b; Hoatzin; Molecular phylogeny; ND2

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COUA; CUCULIDAE; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN; PASSERI; TAURACO;

EID: 0034072184     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0715     Document Type: Article

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