An unexpected pattern of molecular divergence within the blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) complex

Notornis

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-38

  Banks, Jonathan C ^a   Mitchell, Anthony D ^a   Waas, Joseph R ^a   Paterson, Adrian M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Control region; Eudyptula; Mitochondrial DNA; Sphenisciformes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

EUDYPTULA; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 0036523576     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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