Discord reigns among nuclear, mitochondrial and phenotypic estimates of divergence in nine lineages of trans-Beringian birds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-583

  Humphries, Elizabeth M ^a   Winker, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

birds; genomics; population genetics; speciation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL NUCLEUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCKS AND GEESE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 78751663968     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04965.x     Document Type: Article

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