Phylogenetic relationships within the Alcidae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from total molecular evidence.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025595

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Phylogenetic relationships within the Alcidae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from total molecular evidence.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Feb 1996

Friesen V L, Baker A J, Piatt J F

Abstract excerpt

The Alcidae is a unique assemblage of Northern Hemisphere seabirds that forage by "flying" underwater. Despite obvious affinities among the species, their evolutionary relationships are unclear. We analyzed nucleotide sequences of 1,045 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and alleli...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Birds
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial
Enzymes
Likelihood Functions
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Species Specificity

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