| molecular systematics of the malagasy babblers (passeriformes: timaliidae) and warblers (passeriformes: sylviidae), based on cytochrome b and 16s rrna sequences. | the phylogenetic relationships of the timaliidae (babblers) and sylviidae (warblers) have long challenged ornithologists. we focus here on three malagasy genera currently assigned to the timaliidae, mystacornis, oxylabes, and neomixis, and on their relationships with other babblers and warblers using the sequences of two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b and 16s rrna). maximum parsimony analyses show that the malagasy "babblers" are not related to any of the other african and asian babblers. the ... | 1999 | 10620415 |