Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA evidence of polyphyly in the avian superfamily Muscicapoidea

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 386-394

  Voelker, Gary ^a,b   Spellman, Garth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombycillidae; Cinclidae; Molecular systematics; Muscicapidae; Muscicapoidea; Sibley and Ahlquist; Sturnidae

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOMBYCILLIDAE; CINCLIDAE; MUSCICAPIDAE; STURNIDAE;

EID: 0842287933     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00191-X     Document Type: Article

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