The African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: Molecular support for an African origin of the Passerida

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dc.contributor.authorFuchs J.
dc.contributor.authorFjeldsa J.
dc.contributor.authorBowie R.C.K.
dc.contributor.authorVoelker G.
dc.contributor.authorPasquet E.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:57:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:57:22Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe African genus Hyliota includes three or four species of warbler-like birds of uncertain phylogenetic affinities, as it has historically been placed in different avian families that are now known to represent unrelated lineages: Malaconotidae (bush-shrikes), Platysteiridae (batises and wattle-eyes), Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers) and Sylviidae (Old-World Warblers). To assess the affinities of Hyliota we sequenced a mitochondrial protein-coding gene (ND2, 1018 bp) and a nuclear intron (myoglobin intron-2, 685 bp). Our analyses suggest that all previous hypotheses concerning the affinities of Hyliota are erroneous. Instead, Hyliota represents a basal branch in the Passerida radiation with no close relatives. Our results, which also include analyses of relationships among other of other atypical songbird genera, lend support to an African origin of the Passerida songbird radiation. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
dc.identifier.citation39
dc.identifier.citation1
dc.identifier.issn10557903
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10359
dc.subjectmitochondrial DNA
dc.subjectmyoglobin
dc.subjectreduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectanimal
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectBayes theorem
dc.subjectclassification
dc.subjectgenetics
dc.subjectintron
dc.subjectphylogeny
dc.subjectsongbird
dc.subjectsparrow
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBayes Theorem
dc.subjectDNA, Mitochondrial
dc.subjectIntrons
dc.subjectMyoglobin
dc.subjectNADH Dehydrogenase
dc.subjectPasseriformes
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.subjectSongbirds
dc.subjectSparrows
dc.subjectAves
dc.subjectHyliota
dc.subjectLaniidae
dc.subjectMuscicapidae
dc.subjectPasseri
dc.subjectPasserida
dc.subjectPlatysteiridae
dc.subjectSylviidae
dc.titleThe African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: Molecular support for an African origin of the Passerida
dc.typeArticle
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