A molecular phylogeny of the Sylvia cantillans complex: Cryptic species within the Mediterranean basin

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 461-472

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Vitulano, Severino ^a   Spina, Fernando ^b   Baccetti, Nicola ^b   Gargallo, Gabriel ^c   Fabbri, Elena ^b   Guidali, Franca ^a   Randi, Ettore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Speciation; Sylvia cantillans

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

SYLVIA CANTILLANS;

EID: 47749135591     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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