Phylogeny of Modern Birds

Galloanserae

Fowl is used for the birds of this clade, the Galloanserae. The gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes) are evolutionary closely related. This clade is supported by morphological and DNA sequence data. 

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12/10/2010 14:47

The complete mitochondrial genomes of the whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) and black swan (Cygnus atratus): dating evolutionary divergence in Galloanserae

The complete mitochondrial genomes of the whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) and black swan (Cygnus atratus): dating evolutionary divergence in Galloanserae     FENG JIANG, YONHWANG MIAO, WEI LIANG, HAIYAN YE, HAILIN LIU, BIN LIU   Mol Biol Rep (2010)...
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12/10/2010 14:45

A phylogenetic supertree of the fowls (Galloanserae, Aves)

 A phylogenetic supertree of the fowls (Galloanserae, Aves)   SOO HYUNG EO, OLAF R. P. BININDA-EMONDS & JOHN P. CARROLL   Zoologica Scripta, 38, 465–481   Abstract.The fowls (Anseriformes and Galliformes) comprise one of the major lineages of birds and occupy almost...
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