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Higher-level phylogeny of trogoniformes.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jan 2000
Espinosa de los Monteros A
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic relationships between Trogoniformes and several other putative closely related groups of birds, based on complete cytochrome b and nearly complete 12S ribosomal RNA sequences, were studied. The taxa included trogons, owls, cuckoos, parrots, nightjars, hummingbirds, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, mousebirds, and woodpeckers. The group most commonly suggested as the nearest relative to trogons had been...
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