A Case of Rapid Diversification in the N
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Jaime GarcΔ±Μa-Moreno; Peter Arctander; Jon FjeldsΓ₯
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Relationships among the 18-19 species of spinetails of the genus Cranioleuca are difficult to establish. Attempts based on traditional taxonomic characters have failed because of a high degree of homoplasy. Most morphological characters vary independently, producing leap-frog patterns of variation a