Phylogeny and evolution of the Meliphagoidea, the largest radiation of Australasian songbirds

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1087-1102

  Gardner, Janet L ^a   Trueman, John W H ^a   Ebert, Daniel ^a   Joseph, Leo ^b   Magrath, Robert D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasia; Corvida; Evolution; Meliphagoidea; Oscine songbirds; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALASIA; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

ACANTHORNIS; APHELOCEPHALA; CORVIDA; DASYORNIS; LICHENOSTOMUS; MALURIDAE; MELIPHAGIDAE; OREOSCOPUS; PARDALOTIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 77953129949     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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