A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-15

  Selvatti, Alexandre Pedro ^a   Gonzaga, Luiz Pedreira ^a   Russo, Claudia Augusta de Moraes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birds; Large scale phylogenetics; Oscines; Passeriformes; Relaxed molecular clock; Suboscines

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVOIDEA; MIMIDAE; PARIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PASSEROIDEA; TROGLODYTINAE; TYRANNI; VIREONIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SONGBIRD; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84926384141     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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