A Molecular Phylogeny of the Blackbirds (Icteridae): Five Lineages Revealed by Cytochrome-B Sequence Data
| dc.contributor.author | Lanyon, Scott M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Omland, Kevin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-30T14:08:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-30T14:08:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | New World blackbirds (Icteridae) have long served as model systems for studies of avian ecology, evolution, and behavior. However, this work has been conducted in the absence of a strong phylogenetic hypothesis for the group. We sequenced 890 base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene for 28 of the 29 icterid genera and subgenera recognized by Blake (1968). We found strong evidence of five lineages of blackbirds: grackles and allies; caciques and oropendolas; orioles; meadowlarks and allies; and a monotypic cupnesting cacique lineage. However, we found little support for any further structure among these five lineages and no strong evidence supporting icterid monophyly. Our results set the stage for forthcoming work on relationships within lineages and for higher-level studies that address blackbird monophyly and relationships among lineages. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | For financial assistance SML is indebted to the National Science Foundation (grants BRS-8614240 and BRS- 8508361 to J. W. Fitzpatrick), the Eppley Foundation, and the Ellen Thorne Smith Fund. Laboratory work was conducted in the Field Museum's Biochemical Systematics Laboratory supported by the Pritzker Foundation Endowment. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4089324.pdf | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/M27D2QB78 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Scott M. Lanyon and Kevin E. Omland, A Molecular Phylogeny of the Blackbirds (Icteridae): Five Lineages Revealed by Cytochrome-B Sequence Data, The Auk, Vol. 116, No. 3 (Jul., 1999), pp. 629-639, DOI: 10.2307/4089324 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.2307/4089324 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/11777 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | American Ornithological Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Biological Sciences Department Collection | |
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| dc.subject | Sequencing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Taxa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Jaundice | en_US |
| dc.subject | Monophyly | en_US |
| dc.subject | Term weighting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Birds | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maximum Parsimony | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sequencing | en_US |
| dc.title | A Molecular Phylogeny of the Blackbirds (Icteridae): Five Lineages Revealed by Cytochrome-B Sequence Data | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |