Mitochondrial DNA based phylogeny of the woodpecker genera Colaptes and Piculus, and implications for the history of woodpecker diversification in South America

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  Moore, William S ^a   Overton, Lowell C ^b   Miglia, Kathleen J ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; Bayesian phylogeny; Colaptes; Cytochrome oxidase I; MtDNA cytochrome b; Picidae; Piculus; South America biogeography; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS; COLAPTES FERNANDINAE; PICIDAE; PICULUS;

EID: 78650993438     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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