Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution - Hardcover

Sibley, Charles G.; Ahlquist, Jon E.

 
9780300040852: Phylogeny and Classification of Birds: A Study in Molecular Evolution

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Presents the results of thousands of comparisons of the DNAs of about 1,700 species of birds, representing all of the major groups of living birds. Sibley and Ahlquist's DNA-DNA hybridization technique is a biochemical method that measures the degree of genetic similarity between different species. The authors received the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal in 1988 by the National Academy of Sciences for their work on this book. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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