The mtDNA sequence of the ostrich and the divergence between paleognathous and neognathous birds

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 754-761

  Härlid, Anna ^a   Janke, Axel ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolutionary divergences; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny; Neognathae; Ostrich; Palaeognathae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; CAMELUS; GALLUS GALLUS; NEOGNATHAE; PALAEOGNATHAE; PASSERIFORMES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842378594     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025815     Document Type: Article

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