The phylogenetic position of the Galápagos Cormorant

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-98

  Kennedy, Martyn ^a   Valle, Carlos A ^b   Spencer, Hamish G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Compsohalieus; Flightless Cormorant; Gal pagos Cormorant; Leucocarbo; P. harrisi; Phalacrocorax; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; ECUADOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

COMPSOHALIEUS; LEUCOCARBO; NANNOPTERUM; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS; PHALACROCORAX HARRISI;

EID: 67949109465     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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