The evolutionary diversification of parrots supports a taxon pulse model with multiple trans-oceanic dispersal events and local radiations

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 984-994

  Schweizer, Manuel ^a   Seehausen, Ole ^b,c   Güntert, Marcel ^a   Hertwig, Stefan T ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Nuclear genes; Parrots; Taxon pulse model; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARROT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; PARROTS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGAPORNIS; CORACOPSIS; LORICULUS; MELOPSITTACUS; POICEPHALUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACUS; PSITTRICHAS;

EID: 76449112363     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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