Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: Molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the "Scytalopus" indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Maurício, Giovanni Nachtigall ^a   Mata, Helena ^a   Bornschein, Marcos Ricardo ^b   Cadena, Carlos Daniel ^c   Alvarenga, Herculano ^d   Bonatto, Sandro L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d Museu de Historia Natural de Taubate   (Brazil)

Author keywords

New genus; Paraphyly; Rhinocryptidae; Scytalopus; South America; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; EUGRALLA; MERULAXIS; MYORNIS; RHINOCRYPTIDAE; SCYTALOPUS; SCYTALOPUS INDIGOTICUS;

EID: 52249110196     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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