EGG SHAPE IN THE TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY OF BIRDS OF PREY

Ukrainian Journal of Ecology

A. V. Matsyura¹  V. I. Strigunov²  I. S. Mytiai³ 

[1] Altai State University;Kryvyi Rih State Teacher’s University;National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

关键词: egg shape;    systematics;    birds of prey;    Falconidae;    Accipitridae;    Pandionidae;    Cathartidae.;   

DOI  :  10.15421/2016117

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Alex Matsyura Publishing

【 摘 要 】

The article investigates the possibility of use of morphological characteristics of eggs as criteria for the solution of questions of systematics and phylogeny of birds of prey. The comparison of systematical dendrograms developed by different authors on the basis of morphology, comparative anatomy and DNA analysis with polynom indexes and factors calculated for 1322 eggs of birds of prey give the grounds to believe that morphological parameters of eggs can serve as an additional criteria in systematics and phylogeny of birds. .

【 授权许可】

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