Phylogenetic relationships and ancestral areas of the bustards (Gruiformes: Otididae), inferred from mitochondrial DNA and nuclear intron sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-74

  Pitra, Christian ^a   Lieckfeldt, Dietmar ^a   Frahnert, Sylke ^b   Fickel, Joerns ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bustards; CHD1; Control region; Cytochrome b; Mitochondrial DNA; Otididae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AFROTIS; ARDEOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS; EUPODOTIS; EUPODOTIS RUEPPELLII; GRUIFORMES; HOUBAROPSIS; NEOTIS; OTIDIDAE; OTIS; SYPHEOTIDES;

EID: 0036396744     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1078     Document Type: Article

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