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A species tree for the Australo-Papuan Fairy-wrens and allies (Aves: Maluridae).
Systematic biology - 1 Mar 2012
Lee June Y, Joseph Leo, Edwards Scott V
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We explored the efficacy of species tree methods at the family level in birds, using the Australo-Papuan Fairy-wrens (Passeriformes: Maluridae) as a model system. Fairy-wrens of the genus Malurus are known for high intensities of sexual selection, resulting in some cases in rapid speciation. This history suggests that incomplete lineage sorting (ILS) of neutrally evolving loci could be substantial, a situation...
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