Taxon sampling and the phylogenetic position of passeriformes: Evidence from 916 avian cytochrome b sequences

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 128-136

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035527384     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/50.1.128     Document Type: Article

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