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SUBMITTER: Fleischer RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1686174 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fleischer Robert C RC Kirchman Jeremy J JJ Dumbacher John P JP Bevier Louis L Dove Carla C Rotzel Nancy C NC Edwards Scott V SV Lammertink Martjan M Miglia Kathleen J KJ Moore William S WS
Biology letters 20060901 3
We used ancient DNA analysis of seven museum specimens of the endangered North American ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) and three specimens of the species from Cuba to document their degree of differentiation and their relationships to other Campephilus woodpeckers. Analysis of these mtDNA sequences reveals that the Cuban and North American ivory bills, along with the imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) of Mexico, are a monophyletic group and are roughly equidistant ge ...[more]