The phylogenomic forest of bird trees contains a hard polytomy at the root of Neoaves

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 45, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-62

  Suh, Alexander ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84988935122     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12213     Document Type: Review

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