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A multi-locus inference of the evolutionary diversification of extant flamingos (Phoenicopteridae).
BMC evolutionary biology - 1 Mar 2014
Torres Chris R, Ogawa Lisa M, Gillingham Mark A F, Ferrari Brittney, van Tuinen Marcel
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BACKGROUND: Modern flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) occupy a highly specialized ecology unique among birds and represent a potentially powerful model system for informing the mechanisms by which a lineage of birds adapts and radiates. However, despite a rich fossil record and well-studied feeding morphology, molecular investigations of the evolutionary progression among modern flamingos have been limited. Here, using...
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