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A case of rapid diversification in the neotropics: phylogenetic relationships among Cranioleuca spinetails (Aves, Furnariidae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 1999
García-Moreno J, Arctander P, Fjeldså J
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Relationships among the 18-19 species of spinetails of the genus Cranioleuca are difficult to establish. Attempts based on traditional taxonomic characters have failed because of a high degree of homoplasy. Most morphological characters vary independently, producing leap-frog patterns of variation along the Eastern Brazilian Andean track, and behavior and vocalizations vary little. We use mtDNA sequence data from...
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