Fred Ruhe
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Ulf S. Johansson, Per G. P. Ericson, Mozes P. K. Blom & Martin Irestedt, 2018
The Phylogenetic Position of the Extinct Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor Based on Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequenses
Ibis accepted manuscript
Abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...ionid=7D4F38F7AEEDE905BC9B6CF4C6C9F3D8.f02t03
Juventud in the Caribbean that became extinct in the 1860s. Morphologically it was similar to, but distinctively smaller than the large red macaws – Scarlet Macaw A. macao and Red-and-green Macaw A. chloropterus. A close affinity with the Scarlet Macaw has been suggested based on plumage similarities. In this study we use complete mitochondrial genome sequences to examine the phylogenetic position of the Cuban Macaw. Our results do not indicate a sister-species relationship with the Scarlet Macaw, but place the Cuban Macaw sister to the two red species and the two large green macaws, the Military Macaw A. militaris and the Great Green Macaw A. ambiguus. Divergence estimates suggests that the Cuban Macaw separated from this group approximately 4 million years ago.
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Fred
The Phylogenetic Position of the Extinct Cuban Macaw Ara tricolor Based on Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequenses
Ibis accepted manuscript
Abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...ionid=7D4F38F7AEEDE905BC9B6CF4C6C9F3D8.f02t03
Juventud in the Caribbean that became extinct in the 1860s. Morphologically it was similar to, but distinctively smaller than the large red macaws – Scarlet Macaw A. macao and Red-and-green Macaw A. chloropterus. A close affinity with the Scarlet Macaw has been suggested based on plumage similarities. In this study we use complete mitochondrial genome sequences to examine the phylogenetic position of the Cuban Macaw. Our results do not indicate a sister-species relationship with the Scarlet Macaw, but place the Cuban Macaw sister to the two red species and the two large green macaws, the Military Macaw A. militaris and the Great Green Macaw A. ambiguus. Divergence estimates suggests that the Cuban Macaw separated from this group approximately 4 million years ago.
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Fred
