DNA-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL CYT-B AND THE SPECIES STATUS OF LANIARIUS-DUBIOSUS (RCHW. 1899)

Authors
PRINZINGER R KLEIM JP SCHROTH W SCHIERWATER B
Citation
R. Prinzinger et al., DNA-SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF MITOCHONDRIAL CYT-B AND THE SPECIES STATUS OF LANIARIUS-DUBIOSUS (RCHW. 1899), Journal fur Ornithologie, 138(3), 1997, pp. 291-296
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Ornithology
Journal title
Journal fur Ornithologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218375
Volume
138
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
291 - 296
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8375(1997)138:3<291:DAOMCA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
In 1899 RElCHENOW described an african bushshrike in juvenile plumage as a new species. He named it Laniarius dubiosus. DNA from type materi al (feathers and skin) was extracted and DNA sequences from the mitoch ondrial Cyt-b gene were analysed. Comparisons of DNA-sequences from ot her bushshrikes (including the type-specimen from Luehder's bushshrike Laniarius luhderi) support the judgement that ''dubiosus'' does not r epresent a full species rather than a representative of the western su bspecies of the Luehder's bushshrike Laniarius luehderi.