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Phylogeography of shy and white-capped albatrosses inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: implications for population history and taxonomy

Date

Authors

Abbott, Cathryn

Double, Michael

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The evolutionary relationship between shy (Thalassarche cauta) and white-capped (T. steadi) albatrosses was examined using mitochondrial control region sequences. Results were interpreted in the context of a recent and contentious taxonomic revision that

Keywords

Keywords: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Australia; Base Sequence; Birds; DNA Primers; DNA, Mitochondrial; Evolution, Molecular; Geography; Likelihood Functions; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; New Zealand; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Sequ Albatross; Genetics; mtDNA; Nested clade analysis; Phylogeography; Thalassarche

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88418

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Molecular Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01944.x