Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA: Combination of multiple nuclear introns resolves a well-supported phylogeny of New World orioles (Icterus)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 419-427

  Jacobsen, Frode ^a   Friedman, Nicholas R ^a   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concatenation; Cytonuclear congruence; Icterus; Introns; Phylogenetics; Z chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INTRONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953140263     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.035     Document Type: Article

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