X-Nico

unusual facts about Molecular phylogeny



Flexiviridae

These have in turn been subsumed under the new order Tymovirales along with the old family Tymoviridae by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses based on molecular phylogenetic systematic analyses of proteins (RNA polymerase and viral coat).

River kingfishers

However, molecular analysis suggests that the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is most closely related to the Malachite Kingfisher, and that the present arrangement into Alcedo and Ceyx may need to be reviewed as it seems not to reflect the actual relationships (for example, the Azure Kingfisher is closer to Ceyx erithacus).


see also

Eocypraeidae

has raised the tribe Eocypraeini to the status of the family Eocypraeidae, based on morphological research of the radulae, shell and animal morphology and molecular phylogeny research of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene.

Rufous Fantail

A molecular phylogeny study showed the Arafura Fantail (Rhipidura dryas) to be its closest relative.