Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 272-285

  Aggerbeck, Marie ^a   Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Christidis, Les ^b,c   Fabre, Pierre Henri ^a,d   Jønsson, Knud Andreas ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Core Corvoidea; Dispersal; Island radiation; Multi gene phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVOIDEA; MOHOUA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CORE CORVOIDEA; DISPERSAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); ISLAND RADIATION; MULTI-GENE PHYLOGENY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SONGBIRD;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORE CORVOIDEA; DISPERSAL; ISLAND RADIATION; MULTI-GENE PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; ISLANDS; NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84886178796     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.027     Document Type: Article

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