Complete mitochondrial DNA genome sequences of extinct birds: Ratite phylogenetics and the vicariance biogeography hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1470, 2001, Pages 939-945

  Haddrath, Oliver ^a   Baker, Allan J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Moas; Palaeognaths; Phylogeny; Ratites

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRD; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATITE;

EID: 0035820835     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1587     Document Type: Article

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