A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of an unique nest-building specialization

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 272-286

  Nguembock, Billy ^a,b   Fjeldså, Jon ^c   Tillier, Annie ^b   Pasquet, Eric ^a,b  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Cisticolidae; Maximum likelihood; Myoglobin intron II; ND2; Nest building; Parsimony; Phylogeny; Sylviidae; Tailorbird

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MYOGLOBIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NESTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGLOBIN; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APALIS; AVES; BATHMOCERCUS; CALAMONASTES; CAMAROPTERA; CISTICOLA; CISTICOLIDAE; NEOMIXIS; ORTHOTOMUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SCEPOMYCTER; SYLVIIDAE;

EID: 33750979551     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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