The evolution of birds: An overview of the Avian tree of life

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Bennu, DAN [1 ]
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[1] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Dept Ornithol, Mol Systemat Labs, New York, NY 10024 USA
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10.1038/laban0504-42
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S85 [动物医学(兽医学)];
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0906 ;
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The author provides a general overview of the molecular data used to reconstruct the avian tree of life, summarizes some highlights of the ensuing controversies, and reveals those taxonomic relationships that remain largely unchanged by molecular data.
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