Convergence and divergence in the evolution of aquatic birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1474, 2001, Pages 1345-1350

  Van Tuinen, M ^a   Butvill, D B ^a   Kirsch, J A W ^a   Hedges, S B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; DNA sequence; DNA DNA hybridization; Flamingo; Grebe; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AVIFAUNA; CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIRD; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; BALAENICEPS REX; PELECANIFORMES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; SCOPUS UMBRETTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034929939     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1679     Document Type: Article

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