Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1219-1225

  Hosner, Peter A ^a   Sheldon, Frederick H ^b   Lim, Haw Chuan ^b   Moyle, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalharpactes; Asia; Biogeography; Harpactes; Phylogeny; Trogon

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APALODERMA; AVES; HARPACTES; HARPACTES DUVAUCELII; HARPACTES ORESKIOS; HARPACTES ORRHOPHAEUS; TROGON; TROGONIFORMES;

EID: 78649639261     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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