Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals

Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals

Insertion/deletion (indel) mutations, which are represented by gaps in multiple sequence alignments, have been used to examine phylogenetic hypotheses for some time. However, most analyses combine gap data with the nucleotide sequences in which they are embedded, probably because most phylogenetic d...

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Main Authors: Frederick H. Sheldon, David W. Steadman, Sushma Reddy, William S. Moore, Christopher J. Huddleston, Shannon J. Hackett, Kin-Lan Han, Jena L. Chojnowski, Michael J. Braun, Rauri C. K. Bowie, John Harshman, Rebecca T. Kimball, Tamaki Yuri, Christopher C. Witt, Edward L. Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-03-01
Series:Biology
Subjects:
bird classification
avian phylogeny
nucleotide sequence alignment
total evidence
Columbiformes
Coraciiformes
Galliformes
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/2/1/419

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