The smallest avian genomes are found in hummingbirds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1674, 2009, Pages 3753-3757

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a   Andrews, Chandler B ^a   McGuire, Jimmy A ^b   Witt, Christopher C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodiformes; C value; Cell size; Genome size; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DNA; GENOME; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL SIZE; CLADISTICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTANT SPECIES; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME SIZE; HUMMINGBIRD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYSIOLOGY;

APODIFORMES; AVES; TETRAPODA; TROCHILIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70449729943     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1004     Document Type: Article

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