Systematic affinities of the lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menura), with a novel classification of the major groups of passerine birds

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-62

  Ericson, Per G P ^a   Christidis, Les ^b   Irestedt, Martin ^a,c   Norman, Janette A ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOGLOBIN; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVOIDEA; MENURA; PASSERI; PASSERIDA; PASSERIFORMES; PTILONORHYNCHIDAE;

EID: 0036395706     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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