Phylogeny of "core Gruiformes" (Aves: Grues) and resolution of the Limpkin-Sungrebe problem

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 515-529

  Fain, Matthew G ^a   Krajewski, Carey ^b   Houde, Peter ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12S ribosomal RNA; 16S ribosomal RNA; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Aramidae; Bayesian dating; Beta fibrinogen; Biogeography; Cranes; Cytochrome b; DNA DNA hybridization; Finfoots; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Grues; Gruidae; Gruiformes; Heliornithidae; Limpkin; Psophiidae; Rails; Rallidae; Sungrebe; Tertiary; Trumpeters; Valine tRNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARAMIDAE; AVES; GRUES; GRUIDAE; GRUIFORMES; HELIORNITHIDAE; PSOPHIIDAE; RALLIDAE;

EID: 33947680880     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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