| phylogeny of magpies (genus pica) inferred from mtdna data. | we investigated the phylogenetic relationships of species and subspecies of the cosmopolitan genus pica using 813 bp of the mitochondrial genome (including portions of 16s rdna, trna-leu, and nd1). the phylogenetic relationships within the genus pica revealed in our molecular analyses can be summarized as follows: (1). the korean magpie (pica pica sericea) appears basal within the genus pica; (2). the european magpie (pica pica pica) shows a close relationship to the kamchatkan magpie (pica pica ... | 2003 | 13678680 |