@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21520,
author = {Martyn Kennedy and Scott A Taylor and Petr N?dvorn?k and Hamish G. Spencer},
title = {The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data},
year = {2013},
keywords = {Pelicans Pelecanus Phylogeny},
doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.034},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {The pelicans are a charismatic group of large water birds, whose evolutionary relationships have been long debated. Here we use DNA sequence data from both mitochondrial and nuclear genes to derive a robust phylogeny of all the extant species. Our data rejects the widespread notion that pelicans can be divided into white- and brown-plumaged groups. Instead, we find that, in contrast to all previous evolutionary hypotheses, the species fall into three well-supported clades: an Old World clade of the Dalmatian, Spot-billed, Pink-backed and Australian Pelicans, a New World clade of the American White, Brown and Peruvian Pelicans, and monospecific clade consisting solely of the Great White Pelican, weakly grouped with the Old World clade. We discuss possible evolutionary scenarios giving rise to this diversity.}
}
Taxa for matrix 15039 of Study 13616
Citation title:
"The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data".
Study name:
"The phylogenetic relationships of the extant pelicans inferred from DNA sequence data".
This study is part of submission 13616
(Status: Published).
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