Classification of the cormorants of the world

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 249-257

  Kennedy, Martyn ^a   Spencer, Hamish G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cormorants; Phalacrocoracidae; Phalacrocorax; Phylogeny; Shags; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904358660     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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