Phylogenetic affinities of the New Zealand blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)

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Phylogenetic affinities of the New Zealand blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos)

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We investigate the phylogenetic affinites of the New Zealand blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos), a riverine specialist of uncertain relationships, using 2613 bp of DNA sequence data from 3 mitochondrial genes. Hymenolaimus has variously been considered an aberrant Anas species, or an ancient taxa in the tribe Anatini. Presently, it is placed in a highly-derived clade (Tribe Merganettini) with the shelducks. Our findings show that Hymenolaimus forms a monophyletic clade, and does not fit ...

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2012

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Robertson, B.C. / Goldstien, S.J.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8462

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blue duck / Anseriformes / cytochrome b gene / control region gene / ND2 gene / mitochondrial DNA / phylogenetics / Biological Sciences / Genetics / Biological sciences / Zoology / Vertebrate biology

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