Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) - The traditional taxonomy overthrown

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 866-878

  Fregin, Silke ^a   Haase, Martin ^a   Olsson, Urban ^b   Alström, Per ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus; Aves; Chloropeta; Cytochrome b; Hippolais; Lactate dehydrogenase intron 3; Myoglobin intron 2; Nesillas; Ornithine decarboxylase introns 6 and 7; Passeriformes; Sylvioidea

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; INDEL MUTATION; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACROCEPHALUS; AVES; CHLOROPETA; HIPPOLAIS; NESILLAS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67649672111     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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