A new phylogeny of swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae) based on cytochrome-b DNA

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-93

  Thomassen, Henri A ^a   Wiersema, Anita T ^b   De Bakker, Merijn A G ^a   De Knijff, Peter ^c   Hetebrij, Elske ^a   Povel, G David E ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODRAMUS; APODIDAE; APUS APUS; AVES; COLLOCALIA; HYDROCHOUS;

EID: 0344961787     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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