Phylogenetic affinities of evolutionarily enigmatic African galliforms: The Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Nahan's Francolin Francolinus nahani, and support for their sister relationship with New World quails

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Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 768-780

  Cohen, Callan ^a   Wakeling, Julia L ^a   Mandiwana Neudani, Tshifhiwa G ^a,b   Sande, Eric ^c   Dranzoa, Christine ^c   Crowe, Timothy M ^a,d   Bowie, Rauri C K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (South Africa)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Odontophoridae; Phasianidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAMEBIRD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SAVANNA; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ERITREA; SAHARA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; UGANDA;

BAMBUSICOLA; FRANCOLINUS NAHANI; GALLIFORMES; GALLOPERDIX; IBIS; ODONTOPHORIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; PTILOPACHUS PETROSUS;

EID: 84866467089     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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