Identifying cliques of convergent characters: Concerted evolution in the cormorants and shags

Systematic Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-445

  Holland, Barbara R ^a   Spencer, Hamish G ^b   Worthy, Trevor H ^c   Kennedy, Martyn ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Character compatibility; Concerted convergence; Cormorants; Homoplasy; Incongruence; Phylogeny; Shags

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 77953756375     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq023     Document Type: Article

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