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The mysterious Spotted Green Pigeon and its relation to the Dodo and its kindred

BACKGROUND: The closely related and extinct Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and Rodrigues Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), both in the subfamily Raphinae, are members of a clade of morphologically very diverse pigeons. Genetic analyses have revealed that the Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is the clos...

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Autores principales: Heupink, Tim H, van Grouw, Hein, Lambert, David M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4099497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25027719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-14-136