Shall we chat? Evolutionary relationships in the genus Cercomela (Muscicapidae) and its relation to Oenanthe reveals extensive polyphyly among chats distributed in Africa, India and the Palearctic

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Outlaw, Robert K ^a   Voelker, Gary ^b   Bowie, Rauri C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercomela; Chats; Oenanthe; Saxicolini; Systematics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CERCOMELA; CERCOMELA DUBIA; CERCOMELA FAMILIARIS; CERCOMELA FUSCA; CERCOMELA MELANURA; CERCOMELA SCHLEGELII; CERCOMELA SCOTOCERCA; CERCOMELA SINUATA; CERCOMELA SORDIDA; CERCOMELA TRACTRAC; MONTICOLA; MUSCICAPIDAE; MYRMECOCICHLA; OENANTHE (AVES); PHOENICURUS; SAXICOLA; TARSIGER; THAMNOLAEA;

EID: 76849084461     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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