A species tree for the australo-papuan fairy-wrens and allies (Aves: Maluridae)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-271

  Lee, June Y ^a   Joseph, Leo ^b   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; incomplete lineage sorting; indel; Maluridae; passerine; species tree

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; SONGBIRDS;

AMYTORNIS; AVES; CLYTOMYIAS; MALURIDAE; MALURUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STIPITURUS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84863115972     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr101     Document Type: Article

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