Screech OwlsJulia Gulka and David P. Mindell
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The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.
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Proudfoot, G. A., F. R. Gehlbach, and R. L. Honeycutt. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA variation and phylogenography of the eastern and western screech-owls. The Condor 109(3): 617-627.
Wink, M., A El-Sayed, H. Sauer-Gurth, and J. Gonzalez. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b and the nuclear RAG-1 gene. Ardea 97(4): 581-591.
David P. Mindell
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA
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- First online 04 June 2007
- Content changed 31 July 2011
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