A molecular phylogeny of Asian barbets: Speciation and extinction in the tropics

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Den Tex, Robert Jan ^a   Leonard, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytb; FIB7; LTT plot; Megalaimidae; Molecular clock; ND2

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; FIBRINOGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INTRON; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FIBRINOGEN; GENETIC SPECIATION; INTRONS; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MEGALAIMIDAE;

EID: 84875968892     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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