| molecular evolutionary relationships in the avian genus anthus (pipits: motacillidae). | nucleotide sequences for 1035 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were used to determine the molecular evolutionary relationships of species in the cosmopolitan avian genus anthus. phylogenetic analysis of these mtdna sequences supported four major clades within the genus: (1) the small-bodied african pipits, (2) a largely palearctic clade, (3) a largely south american clade, and (4) an african-eurasian-australian clade. anthus hellmayri, a. correndera, and a. rubescens are shown to be par ... | 1999 | 10082613 |