A Gondwanan origin of passerine birds supported by DNA sequences of the endemic New Zealand wrens

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1488, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Ericson, Per G P ^a   Christidis, Les ^a   Cooper, Alan ^a   Irestedt, Martin ^a   Jackson, Jennifer ^a   Johansson, Ulf S ^a   Norman, Janette A ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian systematics; Biogeography; Gondwana; New Zealand wrens; Passeriformes; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA; RAG1 PROTEIN;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; GONDWANA; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAG 1 GENE; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRDS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACANTHISITTIDAE; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TROGLODYTINAE; TYRANNI;

EID: 53149138969     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1877     Document Type: Article

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