Journal article
Resolving the root of the avian mitogenomic tree by breaking up long branches
Abstract
Incomplete taxon sampling has been a major problem in resolving the early divergences in birds. Five new mitochondrial genomes are reported here (brush-turkey, lyrebird, suboscine flycatcher, turkey vulture, and a gull) and three break up long branches that tended to attract the distant reptilian outgroup. These long branches were to galliforms, and to oscine and suboscine passeriformes. Breaking these long branches leaves the root, as inferred …
Authors
Slack KE; Delsuc F; Mclenachan PA; Arnason U; Penny D
Journal
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 1–13
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2007
DOI
10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.002
ISSN
1055-7903