Phylogenetic relationships of flowerpeckers (Aves: Dicaeidae): Novel insights into the evolution of a tropical passerine clade

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-619

  Nyári, Árpád S ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Rice, Nathan H ^b   Moyle, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dicaeidae; Dicaeum; Flowerpeckers; Molecular phylogeny; Monophyly; Morphological evolution; Prionochilus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AVES; DICAEUM; DICAEUM AGILE; DICAEUM CHRYSORRHEUM; DICAEUM MELANOXANTHUM; NECTARINIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; PRIONOCHILUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEATHER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEATHERS; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; INTRONS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 74949089582     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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