A molecular phylogeny of bullfinches Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760 (Aves: Fringillidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 271-282

  Topfer T ^a   Haring, E ^b   Birkhead, T R ^c   Lopes, R J ^d   Severinghaus, L Liu ^e   Martens, J ^f   Packert M ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^e BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bullfinches; Dispersal; Incomplete lineage sorting; Mitochondrial introgression; Molecular clocks; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FINCH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FINCHES; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PINICOLA; PYRRHULA; PYRRHULA AURANTIACA; PYRRHULA ERYTHACA; PYRRHULA ERYTHROCEPHALA; PYRRHULA LEUCOGENIS; PYRRHULA MURINA; PYRRHULA NIPALENSIS; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA;

EID: 79951580525     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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