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The Old World sparrows (genus Passer) phylogeography and their relative abundance of nuclear mtDNA pseudogenes.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Aug 2001
Allende L M, Rubio I, Ruíz-Del-Valle V, Guillén J, Martínez-Laso J, Lowy E, Varela P, Zamora J, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
The phylogenetic relationships of genus Passer (Old World sparrows) have been studied with species covering their complete world living range. Mitochondrial (mt) cyt b genes and pseudogenes have been analyzed, the latter being strikingly abundant in genus Passer compared with other studied songbirds. The significance of these Passer pseudogenes is presently unclear. The mechanisms by which mt cyt b genes become...
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