Avian molecular evolution and systematics. (1997)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David P. Mindell.
• Other Names: Mindell, David P
• Contents: Molecular evolution of the mitochondrial genome / Thomas W. Quinn -- DNA microsatellites as genetic markers at several scales / David B. McDonald and Wayne K. Potts -- Mitochondrial control region sequences as tools for understanding evolution / Allan J. Baker and H. Dawn Marshall -- The window of taxonomic resolution for phylogenies based on mitochondrial cytochrome b / William S. Moore and Victor R. DeFilippis -- Phylogeny and evolution of 12S rDNA in Gruiformes (Aves) / Peter Houde, Alan Cooper, Elizabeth Leslie, Allan E. Strand, and Gabriel A. Montano -- Phylogeny of the Pelacaniformes: molecular systematics of a privative group / Douglas Siegel-Causey -- The phylogeny of ratite birds: resolving conflicts between molecular and morphological data sets / Krista Lee, Julie Feinstein, and Joel Cracraft -- Phylogenetic relationships among and within select avian orders based on mitochondrial DNA / David P. Mindell, Michael D. Sorenson, Christopher J. Huddleston, Hector C. Miranda, Jr., Alec Knight, Steven J. Sawchuk, and Tamaki Yuri -- Relevance of microevolutionary processes to higher level molecular systematics / Scott V. Edwards -- Phylogeny in studies of bird ecology, behavior, and morphology / Frederick H. Sheldon and Linda A. Whittingham -- Phylogeographic studies of North American birds / Robert M. Zink -- The speciation of South American and African birds in montane regions / Michael S. Roy, Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva, Peter Arctander, Jaime Garcia-Moreno, and Jon Fjeldsa -- Studies of avian ancient DNA: from Jurassic Park to modern island extinctions / Alan Cooper.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Extent: 1 online resource (382 pages)
• Subjects: 572.8/3818; Birds -- Molecular genetics; Birds -- Classification -- Molecular aspects; Birds -- Evolution; Birds -- Morphology; Oiseaux -- Génétique moléculaire; Oiseaux -- Classification -- Aspect moléculaire; Oiseaux -- Évolution; Oiseaux -- Morphologie; Oiseaux -- Génétique moléculaire; Oiseaux -- Évolution; Oiseaux -- Morphologie; Vögel; Molekulargenetik; Systematik; Aufsatzsammlung; Evolution; Evolution; Molekulargenetik; Systematik; Vögel; Oiseaux - Classification - Aspect moléculaire; Oiseaux - Génétique moléculaire; Oiseaux - Morphologie; Oiseaux - Évolution; Aufsatzsammlung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080527758; 0080527752
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