A molecular phylogeny of the African widowbirds and bishops, Euplectes spp. (Aves: Passeridae: Ploceinae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 290-302

  Prager, Maria ^a   Johansson, E I Anette ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Euplectes; Evolution of plumage ornamentation; Mitochondrial genes; Nuclear intron; Phylogeny; Ploceinae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PHYLOGENY; SPARROW;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPARROWS;

AMBLYOSPIZA; AVES; EUPLECTES; EUPLECTES AFER; EUPLECTES ARDENS; EUPLECTES AUREUS; EUPLECTES DIADEMATUS; EUPLECTES FRANCISCANUS; EUPLECTES HARTLAUBI; EUPLECTES NIGROVENTRIS; EUPLECTES ORIX; EUPLECTES PROGNE; EUPLECTES PSAMMOCROMIUS; FOUDIA; PASSERIDAE; PLOCEINAE; PLOCEUS; QUELEA;

EID: 37249072839     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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