• DOI:10.2307/4089339
Corpus ID: 42484968

Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus: Anas): A comparison of molecular and morphological evidence

@article{Johnson1999PhylogenyAB,
  title={Phylogeny and biogeography of dabbling ducks (genus: Anas): A comparison of molecular and morphological evidence},
  author={K. Johnson and M. Sorenson},
  journal={The Auk},
  year={1999},
  volume={116},
  pages={792-805}
}

K. Johnson, M. Sorenson

Published 1999

Biology

The Auk

We constructed a phylogeny for the dabbling ducks (tribe Anatini) based on cytochrome-b and ND2 mitochondrial gene DNA sequences. This phylogeny differed in several important respects from a morphological phylogeny developed by Livezey (1991), including the distinctiveness of the blue-winged ducks from other dabbling ducks, the inclusion of the genus Tachyeres and exclusion of Callonetta from the subtribe Anateae, and the lack of support for Mareca as a genus separate from Anas. Characters from… CONTINUE READING

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