Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics
Mindell, David P. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.)
The use of DNA and other biological macromolecules has revolutionized and rejuvenated systematic studies of evolutionary history. Methods that use sequences of nucleotides and amino acids are now routinely used as data for addressing evolutionary questions that, although not new questions, have defied description and analysis. The world-renowned contributors use these new methods to unravel particular aspects of the evolutionary history of bir...