The relationships of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepaninini) as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridization
- Author:
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Sibley, Charles G., Ahlquist, Jon E.
- Title:
- The relationships of the Hawaiian honeycreepers (Drepaninini) as indicated by DNA-DNA hybridization
- Periodical:
- Auk
- Year:
- 1982
- Volume:
- 99
- Pages:
- 130-140
- Subject:
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Hawaiian honeycreepers
- Summary:
- Within historic times, only eight of the twenty-five Hawaiian Islands have supported populations of the Hawaiian honeycreepers. Of these populations, twenty-two species of the honeycreepers are known, (Fringillidae, Carduelinae, Drepaninini), of which six are extinct. By using the technique of DNA-DNA hybridization, this paper presents the results of comparisons that were made among the homologous nucleotide sequences of the single-copy DNAs of a Hawaiian honeycreeper (Himatione sanguinea), and other taxa of the oscine passerines. These data provide an index to the amount of genetic divergence between taxa and to the time since that divergence began. It is therefore possible to relate the phylogeny of the birds to the geological history of the Hawaiian-Emperor island chain.
- Label:
- Birds - General
- URL:
- https://sora.unm.edu/node/23644
- Collection:
- Periodicals