Ratite nonmonophyly: Independent evidence from 40 novel loci

Systematic Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-49

  Smith, Jordan V ^a   Braun, Edward L ^a   Kimball, Rebecca T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

alignment bias; convergence; gene tree species tree discordance; mixture models; paleognath

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALAEOGNATHAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; DROMAIIDAE; PALAEOGNATHAE; RHEIFORMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TINAMIFORMES;

EID: 84871841236     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys067     Document Type: Article

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