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Mitochondrial phylogeny of the Eurasian/African reed warbler complex (Acrocephalus, Aves). Disagreement between morphological and molecular evidence and cryptic divergence: A case for resurrecting Calamoherpe ambigua Brehm 1857.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2016
Olsson Urban, Rguibi-Idrissi Hamid, Copete José Luis, Arroyo Matos José Luis, Provost Pascal, Amezian Mohamed, Alström Per, Jiguet Frédéric
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A tree based on the mitochondrial cyt b gene for 278 samples from throughout the range of the Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus - African Reed Warbler A. baeticatus complex shows well-supported geographically structured divergence for eight distinct lineages. The phylogenetic structuring together with the clarification of priority, provided by sequence data from seven type specimens, suggests that...
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