Phylogenetic Position and Subspecies Divergence of the Endangered New Zealand Dotterel (Charadrius obscurus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Barth, Julia M I ^a   Matschiner, Michael ^b   Robertson, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHARADRIUS OBSCURUS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; MONOPHYLY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUBSPECIES;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84886440969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078068     Document Type: Article

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