Article
Phylogeography of an east Australian wet-forest bird, the satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), derived from mtDNA, and its relationship to morphology.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2005
Nicholls J A, Austin J J
Abstract excerpt
Australian wet forests have undergone a contraction in range since the mid-Tertiary, resulting in a fragmented distribution along the east Australian coast incorporating several biogeographical barriers. Variation in mitochondrial DNA and morphology within the satin bowerbird was used to examine biogeographical structure throughout almost the entire geographical extent of these wet forest fragments. We used...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Australia
- Base Sequence
- Body Size
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Demography
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Passeriformes
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity
- Trees