Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data reveal the major lineages of starlings, mynas and related taxa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-344

  Zuccon, Dario ^a,b   Cibois, Alice ^c   Pasquet, Eric ^d   Ericson, Per G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Myoglobin intron 2; ND2; Phylogeny; RAG 1; Sturnidae

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PHYLOGENY; STARLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RAG-1; GEOGRAPHY; MYOGLOBIN; PHYLOGENY; STARLINGS;

ACRIDOTHERES; AMPELICEPS; APLONIS; AVES; BUPHAGUS; CINCLIDAE; GRACULA; MUSCICAPIDAE; RHABDORNIS; SARCOPS; SCISSIROSTRUM; STURNIDAE; STURNUS;

EID: 33749079144     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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